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I'm Fabian OLivarr and they are the group members!

Daniela Rivillas Marisol Mejia Juan Machado! Hector Ochoa Yeiner Henao Fabian Olivar.


 * The legend of Pirarucu**



Pirarucu was an Indian who belonged to the tribe inhabiting Uaias plains Labrea in southwestern Amazonia. He was a brave warrior but had a wicked heart, was the son of Pindar a man of good heart and head of the tribe. Pirarucu was very vain, selfish, and overly proud of his power. One day when his father made a friendly visit to a neighboring tribe, Pirarucu took advantage of the opportunity to take Indian hostage in the village and executed for no reason. Pirarucu also very critical of the gods. Tupa the god of gods, had been watching for a long time to Pirarucu, he decided to punish such behavior, Tupa called to Polo god of fire and ordered him to launch lightning in the entire area. He also called Lururaruacu the goddess of storms and ordered that provoked the strongest torrents of rain to Pirarucu at that time was fishing with other Indians on the banks of the Tocantins River, not far from the village. Tupa's fire was seen throughout the forest. When the first waves Pirarucu received in the river was laughing and throwing contempt sentences. Then Tupa sent Xandoré, the demon who hates men, to launch a lightning to Pirarucu, he tried to escape, but when he ran a ray pierced his heart, but he refused to apologize. All who were with Pirarucu ran through the jungle with terribly frightened, as the body was still alive Pirarucu was going into the depths of the Tocantins River where he became a giant, scaly fish. Pirarucu disappeared into the water and never returned, but for a long time was the terror of the región.

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 * Legend of the origin of the Amazon River **



Many years ago lived in the Amazon jungle two passionate lovers who dreamed of getting married, she was called moon and was clothed in silver, and he was called sun and was clothed in gold, moon was the mistress of the night and sun was the owner of the day. But they had a problem; if they marry, the world would end completely, because ardent love of the sun would end up burning the planet and the sad tears of the moon would end by flood the world. How could they marry despite his love? Does the moon would end the fire?, Does the sun evaporate the water?, For this reason the lovers decided to separate and never marry. When the sun and moon were separated, the moon cried for a day and night, the tears trickled through the mountains until they reached the sea, but the angry ocean did not want to accept much water. The moon could not mix their tears with the sea and that's when something strange happened. The water produced by the tears of the moon dug an immense valley, then born river, were the tears of the moon that gave life to the Amazon River.

By: Marisol Mejía L.


 * Legend of the red Bufeo.**



This famous fish from the Amazonas is known like the Tonina or Dolphin. Is believed that he turns in a men to seduce the womens, the grinders and some parts of the body of the female are used like amulets for the fishing, the haunting and the love.

The people says that the animal becomes in a human an is presented to the people who uses parts of his bodie, just like the teeths. Or who kills his species to do bad things like amulets or hexes.

With the teeth of the Bufeo you can turn crazy to any people using he with any oil and spread to the person. only to the person who used the teeth to do this bad thing the animal presented him in the form of a person. He encharm the person enlove him and later he kill the person in the river. if its men who kills the bufeo he turns in a women and vice versa.

By: Yeiner Henao Patiño.


 * Legend of the big cobra**



the big cobra, also called boiuna is a legend that speaks of amazon a huge cobra, which grows absurd and menacing, can reach over 10 meters high, population is feared by the waterfront, as this inhabits the flooded areas and is endowed with great strength kills its prey by constriction, strangling to death.

can live in the wood and rivers. to crawl on the ground creates grooves and they are transformed into small streams. the legend has it that the large cobra can be transformed into boats or other beings, account some of the amazon indian tribe that india, the boiuna pregnant, gave birth to twin boys, them attacking ships wrecked. this story became famous in the poem the cobra norato written by Raul Bopp. and also was brought to the big screen in films like anaconda.

By: Daniela Rivillas.

The Legend of La Lara



The La Lara is one of the most welll known myths in the whoel Amazonic Region. She is a half cast beautiful woman, black haired and brown eyed. Men fall fascinated and those who can see her bathing in the rivers cannot cope with the enchantement of hers and dive into the water. Many of them do not survive and those still living comeback atonished, talking about castles and Courts belonging to fantasy.

People also believe that she looks like a fish in the lower part of her body, other people say that it is only a fancy dress or a type of skirt wore by vanity or to make people to believe that she is half woman, half fish. In some villages they say that Lara is a female Pongo-fish.

She enchants men as well and takes them into the rivers. In some places they say she is Boiuna herself (The Great Cobra)

By Juan Guillermo Machado Duque

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The Curupira is a Being taht is part of the Amazonic Legend Baggage. He is the forest's guardian and cares of the animals. He has Amerindian vestiges, his hair is like a flame, and his feet are twisted to the back. They say he can desappear and become invisible. Legend prays that The Curupira protects people who love Nature and use it only to survive. Man who cut down trees to construct his house and his tools or to have a piece of land to plant food and to hunt only for eating is protected by The Curupira.

But those who destroy trees or plants without neccesity, those hunting for pleasure are the Curupira enemies and at the end they fall in his traps. The Curupira can transform himself in game. He can become a jaguar or any other animal that can attract hunters to the middle of the forest and making them to lose their north and going round and around. coming back to the same place again and again. Other way to catch the bad hunters is to make their guns to fail and make them to shot erraticly being impossible to tghem to reach their targets. The reality is that this legend show us the relationship between Brasilian Amerindians and their jungle called The Mato. It is a relationship of life.

By Hector fabio Ochoa