It says the legend that in the tribe of the Brazilians had a great called chieftain Peroibe. Its courage was known and its land was respected for all the tribes around. One day, when Peroibe hunted with its warriors, when pursuing a deer had arrived in a crystalline water source. As they were tired, in result of the effort of the hunting, they had drunk the water of the place and, suddenly, the fatigue disappeared and the vigor if it established again in the bodies of the warriors. They had returned for the village, counting for the tribe the discovery of the miraculous water source. The ones had been the women that had been more served of the waters of the source that kept them young and beautiful. They already were famous for the soft and silky skin, in consequence of the use of the black mud that spread in the body. Nevertheless, the discovery of the source made of the young women of other tribes dreamed of the use of the mud and the miraculous water. Juréia, only son of the Pogoça chieftain, the tribe of the Carijós of the region of Igua, knew of the discovery and, when catching the way of the fine sand beach, arrived in the region of the Brazilians, reached the source and dived in its waters. The fatigue disappeared and the body of Juréia vibrated when feeling an energy chain. Peroibe that was resting in the bare place to few meters of the source heard the racket of waters and turned over slowly for the source. It saw the face and the body of Juréia to emerge of waters and, as that bewitched, he was surprise and amazed. Juréia looked at, saw it, and enraptured figure of Peroibe. Thinking to be about a god - left the water and disappeared for the track in the bushes. Immobilized Peroibe was confused without knowing if the image that he saw was real or fast fancy and entered in the bush to the search of Juréia.
Pogoça felt the lack of the son who per days did not give life signal. When it appeared wanted to know where she would have gone. Knowing of the truth, and was become infuriated, with the aid of the Indian Chief, enclosure Juréia in the cave of the Itabirapuã (rock in round foot), so that she could be watched. The rock door was closed forever, from fear of that the god who the son had seen, tried to steal it. Peroibe in the bushes go searched all. Tired and depleted, entered in deep sadness, refusing itself to eat and to drink the water of the source that Indian Chief brought to it. Indian Chief had been congregated in advice, deciding to evoke the god sun to ask for aid. This, taking care of to the order, transformed Peroibe into a rock, so that the god time did not transform it, until loved came back again. Juréia, confined, cried and evoked the goddess moon, its protector, it helped so that to reencountered its loved god. This saddened and, full of compassion, transformed it into a fireball. According to legend in some Juréia nights leaves its arrest, covering the sambaquis in search of loved. In the day where petrified finding it will awake of perpetual sleep with her heat, then the door of the Pogoçá will confide, freeing it for the two to join. In this day the lost race of the brave Brazilians, will reborn.