Once upon a time, there was a tribe of women warriors, the Icamiabas, who had no husbands and did not allow anybody to approach their village. They handled the bow and arrow with extraordinary expertise. Iací, the moon, seemed to protect them. Once a year, they received the Guacaris warriors in their village, as if they were their husbands. If a male child were born, this was entrusted to the warriors to be raised, if it were a girl, they would keep her. On that special day, little before midnight, when the moon was almost upright, they went in procession to the lake, carrying on their shoulders pots which were full of perfumes which they spilled on the water for their purifying bath. At midnight, they jumped into the lake and brought a green clay with which they created different forms: frog, fish, tortoise and other animals. But the frog is the most represented, for being the most creative. They offered these to the Guacaris, who carried them hanging on their neck, in a tress made with the hair of their brides, as an amulet. Until now, the Muiraquitã is believed to bring happiness to those who have it, being considered, therefore, as a lucky amulet.
