Central & South America
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The Origin of the Kiawa Rocks
Culture: Miskito & Sumu
God (Ma-Papañki) sent Thunder (Alwana) as his representative to the earth to instruct the people in agriculture and in other arts and crafts. One day while Alwana was absent from home an evil spirit, named Kiawa, came and carried off his wife . . . MORE
Legend of the Seven Stars
Culture: Guiana Carib
A man having lustful inclination toward his brother’s wife killed his brother while hunting in his company, and cutting off an arm of the murdered man, presented it to the widow as a proof of her husband’s death. He then took her as his own wife . . . MORE