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The Flood in World Myth and Folklore
Eastern Brazil
© 2021 Mark Isaak

Shavante (Xavante)

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The flood invaded the earth in ancient times, killing all men, because they were evil and did not listen.

When the flood invaded the earth again, someone used a magical formula to stop the waters.

Bartolomeo Giaccaria and Abalberto Heide, Mitologia Xavante: Mitos, leyendas, cuentos y sueños, Colección 500 Años no. 37 (Quito: Ediciones Abya-Yala, 1991), 320-321.

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