Adamastor. Portuguese. The Spirit of the Stormy Cape, -- i. e., the Cape of Good Hope, -- a hideous phantom described by Camoens, in the fifth canto of the "Lusiad," as appearing by night to the fleet of Vasco da Gama, and predicting the woes which would befall subsequent expeditions to India. Mickle supposes that by Adamastor the genius of Mohammedanism is intended. According to Barreto, he was one of the Giants who made an attack on heaven, and were killed by the gods or buried under various mountains.

Were Adamastor to appear to him [the "gamin" of Paris], he would shout out, "Hallo there, old Bug-a-boo!"
--V. Hugo, Translation.