EL DORADO LEGEND
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It
was said that once or twice a year a legendary king, his body covered with
powdered gold, appeared before his people by a lake high up amid the mountains.
Very resplendent, he would push off in a raft for the center of the lake where
he would throw into the water offerings of gold and other precious things. After
this he plunged into the lake and bathed in it.