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Llama
Legends: The Incas never invented the
wheel, so they had no wheeled vehicles. They did not have horses or
cows. High in the Andes, the llama was a most important animal. The
llama was used for transportation. It provided the Incas with wool and
food. So it's understandable that many Incan legends and myths were
about llamas.
Flood Story
(loosely based on an Incan myth)
At one time, people became very evil. They
were so busy doing evil deeds that they neglected the gods. Only those
in the high Andes mountains were honest and true.
One day, two brothers who lived in the high
Andes mountains noticed their llamas were acting strangely. They asked
the llamas why they were staring up at the sky. The llamas answered
that they were told by the stars that a great flood was coming. The
brothers believed the llamas. They moved their families and flocks
into a cave they found on the highest mountain.
It began to rain. The rain continued for four
months and four days. At last the rain stopped. The water receded. The
brothers and their families repopulated the earth.
The llamas were most grateful to the stars for
warning them about the flood. That is why llamas prefer to live on the
mountain tops, safe from floods, and near their friends, the stars.
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