Before the flood, there lived the Kayurukre, Kame, Kainganga and Kuruton Indians. The Kuru Tones were slaves of the Kaingangs.
When the flood began, they all tried to escape to the top of the Mountain, but became exhausted and drowned. But the Kurutons, who were slaves of the Kaingangs, still managed to escape and find shelter on the branches of trees. And Kayurukre and Kame drowned, and their souls moved to the heart of the Mountain.
The Kaingangs, sitting on the tops of the palm trees, were already preparing for death, but suddenly they heard the singing of the sarakura, which were flying, carrying baskets of earth in their beaks; They threw the earth into the water, and little by little the water began to subside. The Kaingangs shouted to the sarakura to hurry up, and the sarakura asked the ducks to help them. And thus they created a plateau on top of the Mountain.
When the flood stopped, the Kaingang remained on the plateau.
They ordered the Kurutons to find the baskets and pumpkins that they had left below before the flood. The Kurutons set off on the road. But they were lazy and did not at all want to climb the Mountain again; So they remained down there and never returned to the kaingangs. That is why we, the Kaingang Indians, when we meet them, take them captive as escaped slaves.
As for the kayurukre and kame, whose souls moved to the heart of the Mountain, after some time they began to make paths for themselves, and with great difficulty they still managed to reach two sides. On the side where the Kayurukre came out, the ground was level, there were no stones on it, and thanks to this, the Kayurukre managed to keep their small feet. On the same side that the Kames came out on, the ground was rocky, and their broken feet had become very swollen on the journey; That's why kame's feet are big.
Eventually all the Indian tribes met on a vast plain, and their children began to intermarry. First of all, the sons of the Kayurukre married the daughters of the Kame, and the sons of the Kame married the daughters of the Kayurukre; but since there were more men from both tribes, they also married the daughters of the Kaingangs. And thus the Kayurukre, Kainganga and Kame became related and became friends.
When we meet other tribes, they start quarrels with us. That's why we live separately in the forest.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru