Luisa Cadena, "A Girl Becomes the Tapir's Wife."

From interviews with Tod D. Swanson

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English Translation

There was a woman who lived alone with her daughter. Since they lived like that, "Mom, I’m going to gather snails." So she took the basket and went out. Then she gathered small snails and other things, river shrimp, and brought them and served them (to her mother). After doing that, they say she also came back with a basket full of morete (fruit). (She) disappeared for a whole day. Her mother searched for her everywhere. Then, suddenly, she came back carrying something. “Mom, I met a very fat man in the forest,” she said. He was the one who gathered all that morete for me. “He will come soon. You will meet him soon.” “Then let him in,” said her mother. So the woman called him and said, "Come in!" Because, in the beginning, they say this tapir was human. And then he arrived. What big arms he had! Her mother looked at her slowly and warned her: —Daughter, if you have relations with him, that big penis might hurt you, her mother said. “Will he hurt me? If he wants to have sex, I’ll hit him with a stick.” Then Mom said: "Now he will eat these morete fruits." As for me, we will leave. Her husband had arrived and was still there. —“Now I will take your daughter with me,” said the tapir man. “I live in a big house,” he said. So, that’s what she decided. But they will visit, her mom told them. “Yes,” she said. Then he went and took her. So take her. The daughter left when he took her. When she left. A week later, she returned again, bringing moretes. “Mom, you will eat because you only bring moretes; you won’t bring any meat.” “Next time I come, I will bring you meat.” The brothers gathered to find out where she was going. Let’s follow her and see if it’s true she lives in a big house. When they went following her… They arrived and there was a big root. Is this the house? In the hollow of the root was her house; it was a large root. That was her house, when they saw their sister lying in the corner. She is there, but there was also a puma, “wim”. Those animals were people back then. Tapir. The tapir was drunk over there. And your husband, where is he? Look, they are drunk and fighting among themselves. With this seed (fruit) from the ila tree. For them, this is their chicha (fermented drink). Their chicha? Yes. They were very drunk. You are not with a human. Tell me where his house is. Where does he live? Show me the house you said was so big. —“Tell me where it is!” —Brother, it’s this one. She showed him and said: —Here it is, brother. Ah! Then, if that’s the case, we will leave here. —“I will kill your husband,” her brother told her. Ah! The pumas lay drunk, lying on the ground. The husband said: —I will wake them up right now. If you want to hit me, they will wake up and eat you. No, among humans we will not eat each other. We just want to hit you. The other brother went back home to get his tapir hunting dogs; they liked hunting animals. He brought his dogs, and when they saw him, they attacked him. He was standing there, and it bit him; he jumped from above and fell down. When they saw him, he turned into a tapir, got up, and went into the river. Ah! They are killing my husband! —My husband, my husband! —his sister cried. Don’t cry, he’s an animal, and you lived with him; he brought him to live here. When they saw a bunch of his moretes around. They were freshly picked; they had just been picked yesterday. “What did you used to eat?” they asked. “That’s our food.” And this is our chicha, made from the seeds of the ila tree, from those that fall. This is our chicha. Are the seeds from Ila their chicha? Yes, their chicha is the tapir’s chicha. That’s what we used to drink —she said—. The morete is our food. By eating this fruit we live. “How beautifully you have lived! Now we are leaving, we are leaving,” said the brothers angrily. The dog arrived and bit her while she was standing there. She fell down, turning into a tapir, and swam away in the river. She ran away along the river, and suddenly the tapir was gone. The tapir was once human and transformed into a tapir. They crossed the river; when she crossed, she caught up with her sister and was carrying her. Tapir hairs were already growing all over her body; she was covered with them. She was being carried; she could not walk. “I will show you how I walked.” She walked slowly, taking small steps. “Wait a moment,” she said. Her sister could no longer walk. She was walking like this. “What happened to you, sister?” she asked. My husband had semayuca; with it, he rubbed my intimate parts (vagina) and that’s how he made me grow. He showed it to his brother. She had a large vagina; it had made the tapir grow. Because she had a vagina, tapir hairs began to grow on her.

Kichwa Translation

Shu warmishi sapalla tiak ara ushushilla. Y tiashkayshi, Mamá ñukaga churuta tandangakmi riuni. Ashangata aparisha rin. Chiga churu wawaguna imakuintas lluchunaguna apisha apamusha karaj ashka. Chasna rawsha, shamura pay. Ashangay undakta murititash aparimura. Shu punzhata chingarira y mama maskaw rashka. Chiga taj aparisha shamusha Mamá, ñukaga, vira runara tupani nishkashi sachay. Chimi kasna muriti pallasha kuwan ñukata. Ñami shamungarawn. Rikungui nishka shi. shinashaga ña ikuchi niska mama chiga warmiga shamuy nisha kayashka chi kallarij huraska runashara kay wagra chiga shamushka ima rigra rukuyuk ashka mama allin rikusha, ushushi nishkasha kanda makawshaga kay maki anga wayukta makanga nira mamaga ujumm shina wangachu nishkaga pay waktajpi ñukawas nirandi tasha garutiwa nisha chiga mama nishkasha kunanga mikungui kay moreteta nishka ñukaga riwchi, shamushka kari shamusha tawshka kunanga kamba ushushi apasha riwni ñukaga atun washibi tiawni nishka shinasha ña pay munashkama piru rikusha puriwangui nishka mama ari nishka risha apasha rishka apasha ri rishka warmiga ña, apasha ri ña rij... semanay shamushka kuti muritita apamushka mama mikungui muritillata apamungui? ima aychaschu illan nira shianshaga kutiga aychata apamungarawni nishkasha chiga turinguna tandarishkawna, maybi shi purin aku katishun rishun rikuyrishun maybi shi cirtu atun wasi kawsaj apana kushan nishun rishkay rikujpiga kasna ashka atun angu chita payba wasi ashka kay tunu angu, aa... malta angu ashka chishi ashka payba wasi rikujpi chi pani, bulan tiawshka chiga tiawpi, kaymaga puma chi winguna animalguna runa shinawra kallariga wagra, wagraga iuuu shi machashka chiga, kamba kosaga nijpi riki payna machasha makanakunta niska rikujpi payna pura shi makana kushka kay ila muyuwan machasha ña payguna asuashan kayga payna asua yaita yaita shi machashkawna kanga mana runatachu apishkangui, mayta paywa wasi maybita kawsangui wasita rikuchi, imata charingui atun wasi rikuchiwan, kaybi man rikuchiskawan kaybiman turi aan nishkasha kunagan rishun ñuka kamba kosata wañuchingarawni nishka turi aah chiga pumaguna machashka siriguna chi chi runaga nisha ñami likchachingarawni kaygunata kanguna ñukata makajpi kayguna shayarisha mikuytukungarawguichi nishkasha mana runa pura mana mikuytukuna, kandami makangarawchi shuk turi rishka wasita wagra katij ashka allkuga animalguna katij ashka allkuta apamushka, apamujpiga allku shu rullayllashi kan shina shayawta kañiyshamushka, awata putun urmashka rikujpiga wagraruku shi tukun chaymanda atarij yakuyshu urmayrishka aah ñuka kosta wañuchipawguichi ñuka kosalla ñuka kosallashi wakaw paniga vez wakangui animalgunata apisha kan kayma tiawkanguinisha nishka rikujpiga payba chi laruy muritiga kaytashi munturiashka chayashka kaynalla pallashkaguna shina chi imatata mikujangui nijpi kaymian ñukanchi mikuna nishkashina kayma an asua kay ila ruyal muyuj chay charishkata kay man ñukanchi upina asua nishka ila muyu pay asua payba asua, wagra asua chita upijanchi nishkashi kayga ñukanchi mikuna man nishakashi muritita kayta mikusha ñukanchi kawsanchi gustu tukusha kawsashkangui kunagan rishun rishun rishun turiguna rishkawna allku shamujka, kan shina shayawta karijpiga chasna urmaka wagra asha tukushaga yakuy waytashka yakuy waytasha kishpishka dino asha wagraga illan mashi runa runamanda tukushkashan wagraga chimbashka chimbata risha apiyriyrishka chiga pañita apisha rij rikuyrijpiga, ñashi wagra wilma wiñawshkara payta ña aychay wiñawshka wagra wilma chashata sha apashari manashi chi, rikuchingarawni bengawsha kasnashi purisha rishka chapangui kasnashi paniga mana purinata ushashka kasnashi purisha rishka imaranguita pani nishkashi ñukata chi ñuka kariga shuk mundota charishka nishka chiwanmi shikisha yukata pingayta kasha wiyachiwan nisha turita awama rasha rikuchin kay pingayrukuy ashka, wiyachishka wagraga uummm............ chasna nisha, atun churushuk tukushka chasna rasha wagra wilmashi payta iyawshka jujummmm chilla tukuchini

Spanish Translation

Había una mujer que vivía solo con su hija Como vivían así, "Mamá, voy a recoger caracoles". Entonces ella toma la cesta y se va. Luego recogió pequeños caracoles y otras cosas, camarones de río, y los trajo y se los sirvió (a su madre). Entonces después de hacer eso dicen que ella también vino con una cesta rebosante de morete (fruta). (Entonces) Ella desapareció por un día entero. Su madre la buscó (por todos lados). Entonces, de repente, ella viene trayendo algo. Mamá, me encontré con un hombre muy gordo en el bosque, dijo. Fue él quien recogió todo ese morete para mi. "Él vendrá pronto. Ya vas a conocerlo. Entonces hazle entrar, dijo su madre. Entonces la mujer lo llamó y le dijo: "¡Entra!". (Porque) En los tiempos iniciales dicen que este tapir era humano. Y entonces llegó. ¡Y qué brazos tan grandes tenía! Su madre la miró despacio y le advirtió: —Hija, si tienes relaciones con él, ese pene grande puede lastimarte. Dijo su madre. ¿Será que me lastima? Si él quiere tener relaciones sexuales, yo lo golpearé con el palo. Entonces, Mamá dijo: "Ahora comerá estas frutas morete". En cuanto a mí, nos iremos. Su marido había llegado y todavía estaba allí. —Ahora me llevaré a tu hija conmigo —dijo el hombre del tapir—. "Vivo en una casa grande", dijo Entonces, eso es lo que ella ha decidido. Pero andarán visitando les dijo su mamá. "Sí", dijo ella. Entonces él fue y se la llevó. ¡Entonces llévatela Se fue la hija cuando él se la llevó. Cuando ella se fue. En una semana regresó nuevamente, trayendo moretes. Mamá, comerás porque traes solo moretes; no habrá carne que me traigas. La próxima vez que venga, te traeré carne. Los hermanos se juntaron para averiguar a dónde iba. Vamos siguiéndola y así veremos si es verdad que vive en una casa grande. Cuando se fueron siguiendo Llegaron y había una raíz grande. ¿Es esta la casa? En el hueco de la raíz estaba su casa; era una raíz grande. Esa era su casa, cuando vieron a su hermana acostada en la esquina. Ella está ahí, pero también había un puma, “wim”. Esos animales eran personas en aquellos tiempos. Tapir. El tapir estaba borracho por allá. ¿Y tu marido, dónde está? Mira, están borrachos y se pelean entre ellos. Con esta semilla (pepa) del árbol de ila. Para ellos, esta es su chicha. ¿Su chicha?Si, Estaban bien borrachos Tú no estás con un humano. ¡Dime dónde queda su cas ¿Dónde está viviendo? Enséñame la casa de la que decías que era tan grande. —¡Dime dónde está! —Hermano, es esta. Le enseñó y dijo: —Aquí es, hermano. Ah! Entonces, si es así, nos vamos de aquí. —Yo voy a matar a tu marido —le dijo su hermano. ¡Ah! Los pumas yacían borrachos, tendidos en el suelo. El marido les dijo: —Ya mismo los despierto a ellos. Si ustedes quieren pegarme a mí, ellos se despertarán para comerlos a ustedes. No, entre personas no vamos a comernos. Solo queremos golpearte a ti. El otro hermano volvió a casa para traer a sus perros cazadores de tapir; a ellos les gustaba cazar animales. Trajo a sus perros, y al verlo, lo atacaron. Estaba parado ahí, y le mordió; de arriba saltó y cayó hacia abajo. Cuando lo vieron, se convirtió en tapir, se levantó y se metió al río. ¡Ah! ¡Están matando a mi marido! —¡Mi marido, mi marido! —está llorando su hermana. No llores, es un animal, y tú vivías con él; lo trajo a vivir por aquí. Cuando vieron un montón de sus moretes alrededor. Estaban recién recogidos; apenas los habían recogido ayer. ¿Qué solías comer? —le preguntaron—. Esa es nuestra comida. Y esta es nuestra chicha, hecha de las pepas del árbol de ila, de las que caen. Esta es nuestra chicha. ¿Las pepas de Ila son su chicha? Sí, su chicha es la chicha del tapir. Eso era lo que solíamos beber —dijo ella—. El morete es nuestro alimento Comiendo esta fruta nosotros vivimos ¡Qué bonito has sabido vivir! Ahora nos vamos, nos vamos —le dijeron los hermanos enojados. El perro llegó y la mordió cuando ella estaba parada allí. Se botó para abajo, convirtiéndose en tapir, y se fue nadando por el río. Se fue huyendo por el rio y derepente ya no estaba el tapir El tapir era mucha antes humano se trasformo en tapir Cruzaron el rio , cuando cruzo el rio le alcanzo a su hermana y le estaba llevando Ya le crecían pelos de tapir por todo el cuerpo; estaba cubierto de ellos. Así le estaba llevando; ella no podía caminar. “Le voy a mostrar cómo caminaba.” Así caminaba, dando pasos lentos. “Espera un momento”, decía. Su hermana ya no podía andar. Asi venia caminando ¡que te pasó hermana le pregunto. Mi marido tenía semayuca; con eso me frotó las partes íntimas (vagina) y así me hizo crecer. Se lo mostró a su hermano. Ella tenía una vagina grande; le había hecho crecer el tapir. Por tener una vagina, le comenzaron a crecer pelos de tapir.

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