IAROAS

History of the Creation

Buoka was born as a heart of the word of the wind.

One day Buoka thought to create his brother Rua-Wahari. He thought he should create him similar to himself. Buoka said: "I cannot live alone in this world, I have to create another living being as myself and which has the power to create new things for the world. He must also know how to create other living beings".

Buoka saw in his right eye a similar figure to himself: that figure was his invisible spirit. From his invisible spirit he would create his brother Rua-Wahari and would name him Second Major Captain.

Buoka saw his right eye reflected in a mirror. In his eye there was a figure similar to himself. He took it out very carefully with the tip of a stick. This image was really a small living human cell. This cell could create the second person, it was to create his brother Rua-Wahari.

While he held the image in his hand, Buoka thought: "How am I going to create another person without it being given birth by a woman? If I create it any other way, the others will laugh at me; they will say that I, Buoka, gave birth to a child. To avoid that I am going to ask for the help of our mother Jä-tänäru". And he put in her womb his brother Rua-Wahari. At the same time Buoka created his sister Chejeru taken from an image in his left eye. He put this image in Jä-tänäru's womb along with his brother Rua-Wahari.

Jä-tänäru gave birth nine months later to Rua-Wahari and Chejeru.

When Rua-Wahari was seven months old, he was taken to the house of Cuenämu Ufuóda-u. Rua-Wahari was left at the door of the house and he crawled as all children.

Cuenämu picked up Rua-Wahari and asked him:

`-Where are you from? Who are your parents?`

Rua-Wahari answered:

-I am Chief of the lakes because my parents are the lakes.

Then Cuenämu told him: -The only person that exists is Buoká, whom we created. Buoká is a descendent from us; so you must be his son, and therefore our grandson. Your name grandson, is Räunichsa.

Rua-Wahari grew up in the house of Cuenämu Ufuóda-u. There he acquired all his powers and knowledge about good and evil.

Rua-Wahari returned to Buoká and Chejeru's house after receiving all his knowledge. Rua-Wahari had already learned to create new things in the world. Buoká already knew it, because he had seen Rua-Wahari creating men in his visions. But Buoká had curiosity to discover how Rua-Wahari created us the Uhuothoj'a. The day came in which Buoká saw how Rua-Wahari created men in the place called Mariuek'a.

Rua-Wahari first prepared a mass of fish meat in a lagoon. While he rested, crabs came and ate the prepared meat. Because of that, Wahari went to the other shore of the lagoon to catch more fish. Wahari fished and prepared more human flesh, of the mass of the flesh he made the body, the neck and in last instance, the heart. He continued fishing and every fish he took out he made with it the eyes, the hair, the ears, the mouth and the nose. So Wahari did until he completed the couple.

When he finished creating the Uhuothoj'a, Rua-Wahari talked to them about the dangers they would face. Wahari told the Uhuothoj'a that the odors of men would be dangerous, that men should be careful.

Of the Uhuothoj'a couples, created by Wahari, other men and women were born. Then Rua-Wahari created food and different plants. When Rua-Wahari saw that his creation was good, he went to a place called Umorohä Ojuna.

This way Rua-Wahari created the Uhuothoj'a.