NEGRINHO PASTOREIRO

(SHEPHERD BOY)

A former slave boy who was mistreated and left to die by a farmer. He is considered the saint of lost causes, being able to help you find what you are looking for.

FEATURES

Dark-skinned young boy

Usually wears shorts and no shirt

Often mounted on a bay horse holding a candle

STRENGTH

Helps you find something lost: light a candle near an anthill and ask with great faith.

STORY

During slavery, his master asked him to take care of some horses, but one of them ended up running away. The master noticed and decided to punish the boy. After searching for the lost horse, the boy manages to find it, but he is unable to capture it. The master decides to punish him with lashes and throws him into an anthill. Near death, the farmer decides to leave the boy there, certain that he was already dead.

However, on the next day, the farmer comes across the boy perplexed, since the child did not have any wounds on his body. In addition, he was mounted on the lost horse with Virgin Mary next to him, patroness of the orphan boy. The farmer decides to ask for forgiveness, however, the boy gallops away happy and free.

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