Legends in a Low Voice
The beings and places people still tell of: forest guardians, sacred lakes and apparitions.
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Muisca · Lake Guatavita, Colombia
El Dorado: the golden man of Lake Guatavita
Before it was a city dreamed up by conquistadors, El Dorado was a man covered in gold dust on a raft, on a lake in the Muisca highlands.
Published October 26, 2026 · 19 min · Legends in a Low Voice
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Tupi peoples · São Vicente, Brazil
Curupira: Brazil's forest guardian with backward feet
In the forests of Brazil’s coast they say a guardian leaves footprints pointing backwards, so no one knows where he went.
Published October 22, 2026 · 14 min · Legends in a Low Voice