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In another version, the culture hero Helal saves mankind from the flood by creating a high mountain in the sea, on which people could save themselves. In other myths, Helal kills dangerous animals individually.

There were once tall people. They were man-killers and bad. The guanaco, rhea, carancho (hawk), and condor all once killed people. This angered the Sun-God, and he sent a flood. The seas rose, the springs and rivers rose, until all the land was covered. Only the fox was able to save himself.

Later, the Sun-God sent the carancho to look around. But the hawk ate too much grass and could not fly to return. Next the Sun-God sent the dove, who returned with a leaf of grass. The land was dry.

The Sun-God made a man, then a dog, then a woman, next a rhea and guanaco. He made everything. To the man and his wife he gave a tent and a horse. The couple had many children, and the earth was resettled.

Rodolfo M. Casamiquela, "Southern Tehuelche Mythology according to an Unpublished Manuscript", Latin American Indian Literatures Journal 8(2) (1992), 115-141.