Lenda Da Floripes - Olhão, Portugal
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member dtrebilc
N 37° 01.461 W 007° 50.457
29S E 603096 N 4098201
This statue represents Floripes, a Moorish lady of local legend
Waymark Code: WMZQFR
Location: Faro, Portugal
Date Posted: 12/22/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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A nearby information board tells the story in both Portugese and English.
[Portugese]

LENDA DA FLORIPES

Lá para os lados do Bairro do Levante, no lugar do Sobrado, havia um moinho, junto ao qual, existia uma antiga casa onde vivia um homem de meia-idade, de seu nome Zé. Quase sempre embriagado, principalmente na companhia de amigos, contava várias vezes, que durante a noite, lhe aparecia uma moura muito formosa em sua casa e que ambos trocavam carícias até de madrugada.

Os seus amigos já não acreditavam. Um dia Zé, fez uma aposta com o mais novo do grupo - Julião - que ia casar em breve com uma moça chamada Aninhas. Zé oferecia uma fa-zenda que possuía no sítio da Relva, como prenda de noiva-do caso a moura aparecesse ao rapaz. Se não aparecesse, nada lhe daria. Julião aceitou.

À meia-noite lá estava ele junto ao moinho. De repente, quando já se preparava para se põr a caminho, vê uma linda mulher. Era a moura encantada! Julião e a rapariga senta-ram-se junto a uma árvore, e esta conta-lhe que o feitiço só poderá ser quebrado quando alguém a levasse para junto do mar, e lhe espetasse uma faca no braço do lado do coração. Só aí o feitiço seria levantado. Julião nada podia fazer, pois estava comprometido com Aninhas.

De regresso a casa, vê a noiva a chorar compulsivamente, e a seu lado o Compadre Zé. Quando Julião se vira para falar com o seu amigo Zé, este tinha desaparecido. Diz o povo, que a Floripes partiu para o Norte de Africa, na companhia do compadre Zé, o único homem que a amava na realidade...

[English]

LEGEND OF FLORIPES

Near the Levante Quarter, in the Sobrado area, there was a windmill and next to it, there was an old house where a middle aged man named Ze lived. Ze was known for drinking especially if he was with his friends, and he often told that, during the night, a beautiful moorish lady showed up at his place and they would caress each other until dawn.

His friends didn't believe his tales anymore. So, one day, Ze made a bet with the youngest of the group, Julido, who was about to marry a girl named Aninhas. Ze would give him a farm he owned at the Relvas site as an engagement gift if the moorish lady showed up to him, and would give him nothing if she didn't.

At midnight, Julido showed up by the windmill. Suddenly, when he was about to leave, he sees a beautiful lady. An enchanted moorish lady! Julido sat with her near a tree, and she told him that her spell could only be broken when someone took her near to the sea, and stabbed her left arm near her heart. Julia couldn't do it, because he was engaged to Aninhas.

When he got home, his fiancée was in tears and by her side was Ze. But as Juliao turned around to talk to him, he had already gone. It is said that Floripes, the moorish lady, took him with her when she left to the North of Africa, since he was the only man who truly loved her...
Type: Local Legend or Lore

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