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It was the time before.
The time when giants, men, and gods still lived
as one in harmony.
Giants and men lived short happy lives, gods, of course, lived forever.
All were joyous except one, Mapinguari was not happy.
He wanted to live forever as only the gods did, so he and his friend searched for the flower of eternity. The two friends looked for many years, then one day they found it at
the base of a large Quebracho tree.
Mapinguari wanted to share the flower with all humans and giants, but Jurupari decided not to share. He wanted to destroy all the women of the world to create a race of men. The two friends argued then fought, they cut rivers and destroyed mountains, neither winning nor losing.
One of the gods found the two and stopped them. He asked why were they fighting and destroying the jungle. Both explained their plans for the flower, the god was angry at both man and giant. He punished them by turning them into hideous monsters. They are cursed to live in the jungle. Mapinguari, the man, unable to pass the knowledge of immortality to his fellow men. Jurupari, the giant, unable to destroy women and found a race of all men.
Now we sacrifice a virgin girl to Mapinguari every five years, to protect our village.
Now we sacrifice a young boy to Jurupari every ten years, to ignore our village.
