The classic collection of pseudo-folktales, apparently collated by Fernando Costa de Alfandega over many decades, and then enlivened in typically enigmatic style.

These Myths are essentially his own interpretations of the so-called Mythos Nautica, purported to be the legendary tales of the formation of the islands themselves and how life of all kinds came to be here, which had been handed-down in oral tradition and shared with Alfandega during his many journeys around the islands.

They were never syndicated as a deliberate collection by the writer himself, but rather they surfaced in various places somewhat randomly: sometimes in articles, sometimes in pamphlets, sometimes even in posters displayed only at the location of the tale. However, they were much-cherished and later first published as a curated volume by a group of academics and aficionados, and only then after translation from Portuguese to English, some years after his death.

Many of his re-tellings have become so well-known in popular culture that the difference between these adaptations and their supposed word-of-mouth origins has nowadays become blurred and almost indistinguishable. Of course, the myth of the writer Alfandega himself also contributes to the whole intriguing mystery around the stories and their heritage.