Since Baiame left the earth and returned the same way he once descended, along the stone staircase to the heavenly camp of Bullima on the top of the sacred mountain Ubi-Ubi, only the Virinun sages were allowed to contact him, and then only through his messenger Walla-garun-bu-ana.
Now in Bullima, Bayame sat on the crystal rock with his wife Birra-nulu. The upper part of their body was the same as during their stay on earth, and the lower part was firmly attached to the crystal rock and merged with it.
Only Walla-garun-bu-an and Kannan-bayli were allowed to approach them and convey their orders to others.
Baiame Birra-nulu's wife caused floods. When the rivers dried up and the Virinuns wanted a flood to come, they climbed to the top of Ubi-Ubi and waited in one of the stone circles for the arrival of Walla-garun-bu-ana. Having learned their wish, he left and conveyed it to Baiama.
Baiame spoke about him to his first wife Birre-nulu, and she sent his second wife Kannan-baley to tell the Virinuns:
“Hurry to hand over Bun-yun to the Bun-yun tribe so that they are ready.” Soon the blood ball will roll.
Hearing this, the Virinuns hurried from the mountains through the valleys, or wogs, until they came to the Bun-yun Bun-yun family of frogs, who had strong arms and tireless voices.
At the request of the Virinuns, this clan settled along the banks of the dry river, starting from its headwaters. They made large fires and placed large stones in them. When the stones were heated, each of the Bun-yun Bun-yun placed several stones on the bark in front of him and waited for the blood ball to appear. Seeing that a huge ball of blood was rolling into the river bed, everyone bent down, grabbed hot stones and, with loud screams and with all their might, threw them into the rolling ball. There were so many of them, and they threw stones with such force that they broke the ball. A stream of blood erupted from the ball, quickly rushing down the river. Bun-yun Bun-yun shouted louder and louder and followed the stream rushing past them with stones. They ran along the shore, continuously throwing stones and shouting loudly. Gradually, the flow of blood, purified by hot stones, turned into a river flood. With their cries, Bun-yun Bun-yun warned the tribes about this so that they had time to move their camps to higher places.
While the water was rising, Bun-yun Bun-yun did not stop screaming loudly. Even now, when the flood approaches, their voices are heard, and the Daens say: “Bun-yun Bun-yun is shouting. The flood must come." And then: “They shout Bun-yun Bun-yun. The flood has arrived."
If the spilled water is red and thick with mud, the Daen say that the Bun-yun Bun-yun, or flood frogs, allowed the water to pass by without cleaning it.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru