Aché (Axe, Guayaki)

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The waters rose and spread everywhere. The people turned into capybaras, and then their souls went to the sky. A solitary man climbed a pindo palm and curled up. From him a woman arose. They sat in the leaves of the palm and, when the waters receded, climbed down and went through the woods. They were very hungry.

León Cadogan, "Baio Kará Wachú y otros mitos guayakíes", América Indígena 22 (1962), 81.