Along the centuries, the loneliness of the Fernando de Noronha people aroused the fantasy of these men, originating folk tales, which remained live for years and talking about seducing women, menacing figures, punishments, invading pirates, hidden treasures in caverns, mythical figures, death, etc.

The analysis of these myths reflect different historic and political moments of the island, however leaving "truthful tracks" in the fantasy of their producers. The bigger part of these folk tales are from the Common Prison time, that is, they ascend probably from the XVII century up to the present days. They denote the fears and challenges of the prisoners so far away from the mainland.

These histories are part of the cultural conscience of the island and were reported in different moments by researchers of many states. They reached our days through the memory, the popular songs and the musical and poetic expressions.

All this universe was collected, analysed, systematically arranged and made available to the public through the work Fernando de Noronha: lendas e fatos pitorescos (Fernando de Noronha: folk tales and picturesque facts), from Marieta Borges Lins e Silva, in which the most important folk tales are pointed out.