Volume 1 — Creation Myths
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The bears put the world into shape. Before their time it was nothing but a waste of sand.
In ancient times there were plenty of lagoons around Guachochic; but the land was put in order, when the people came and began to dance yūmarí.
The rocks were at first soft and small; but they grew until they became large and hard. They have life inside.
The people grew up from the soil, while the earth was as level as a field ready for sowing. But in those days they lived to be only one year old, and then they died like the flowers.
According to another tradition they descended from heaven with corn and potatoes in their ears, and were led by Tata Dios into these mountains, the middle of the world, having originally come from the north-east or east.