摘要：God is good and the Devil isn't bad too", says the popular wisdo m. Treated by the peasant by a very peculiar way, the Devil seems to lose his murky biblical appearance go ing up to t he land and living among the men of ant iquity, especially the peasants, and, apparent ly unconcerned about lead t he hu mankind to the eternal damnation, he had been busy during many years building bridges all o ver Europe, a work undertaken by man y different premises. Are nu merous the folklo ric reports abo ut the bridges bu ilt by t he Devil and many of them are fou nd around Portugal, each o ne with their respective tale. This art icle presents the main portuguese folk narratives related to the mo st lurid civil engineer of history and proposes a reflection about the meaning of the diabo lical figure in the field.
