Flood Myth of the Chorote (eastern Paraguay)

In a former time when there were a great many people, the earth sank. Then water began to seep out. It kept rising until it became a flood. Some boys were saved by a white bird; all other people drowned. [Bierhorst]

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References: Bierhorst, John. The Mythology of South America, William Morrow, New York, 1988.