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title: Mae de agua
description: Terrible woman of Amazonian traditions.
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The "mother of water" in Portuguese, is the name given in the Brazilian Amazon to a terrible and arrogant woman who, with her fascinating gaze, drags down into the depths all those who dare to look at her.