“The Origins of the Water People. Witoto Myth”

"From the beginning the brothers Jitoma the Sun and Fiboi the moon, fought. One day Jitoma traps Fiboi, in a dark hole and he digs a pit to catch water that he turns into a lake and when he escapes he puts fish in it that he carves from wood in order to revenge himself from Jitoma. He invites him with all his tribe to fish, cook and eat all that fish. Jitoma grabs a big fish, but it swallows him instead. The lagoon becomes swirling with foam and their mother begins to cry and to scold Fiboi. Enraged, he curses the people who were inside the lake, turning them into: Lobo, alligator, dolphin, duck, heron, anaconda, and all animals that live in the water and feed on fish. Those who were on dry land he turned into: picon, muchilero, porco cafuche, and all terrestrial animals that eat fish; and the burned fish he turned into vultures and swallows. Tired of the mother, he turned her into an anteater, who chases you for talking too much."