Flood Myth of the Ipurina (Upper Amazon)

Mayuruberu, chief of the storks, caused a flood by making a kettle of water boiling in the sun overflow. Mankind survived, but all plants were destroyed except the cassia. Mayuruberu appeared with many new plants, and the Ipurina began tilling their fields. Mayuruberu ate anyone who would not work. [Kelsen, in Dundes]

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References: Dundes, Alan (ed.) The Flood Myth, University of California Press, Berkeley and London, 1988.