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Translation #39247

The Pima Indians of Arizona say that the father of all men and animals was the butterfly, Cherwit Make (earth-maker), who fluttered down from the clouds to the Blue Cliffs[…] and from his own sweat made men. As the people multiplied, they grew selfish and quarrelsome, so Cherwit Make was disgusted with his handiwork and resolved to drown them all.[…]

There was one Hauk, a devil of the mountains, who stole their daughters and slew their sons. […] He silently followed him into the Superstition Mountains; he drugged the cactus wine that his daughter was to serve to him; then, when he had drunk it, Suha emerged from his place of hiding and beat out the brains of the stupefied fiend. […]

So firmly do the Pimas rely on this prophecy that they will not cross the Superstition Mountains, for there sits Cherwit Make — awaiting the culmination of their wickedness to let loose on the earth a mighty sea that lies dammed behind the range.
Indijanci plemena Pima iz Arizone veruju da je praotac svih ljudi i životinja bio leptir po imenu Červit Make (Tvorac Zemlje), koji je doleteo sa oblaka do Plavih stena [...] i od sopstvenog znoja stvorio ljude. Kako se narod množio, ljudi su postajali sebični i svadljivi, te se Červit Make zgadio nad svojim delom i odlučio da ih sve potopi. [...]

Postojao je izvesni Hauk, planinski demon, koji je otimao njihove kćeri i ubijao sinove. [...] Nečujno ga je pratio u planine Superstišn; sipao je opojno sredstvo u vino od kaktusa koje je demonu trebalo da posluži njegova kći; a zatim, kada ga je ovaj popio, Suha je izašao iz svog skrovišta i smrskao lobanju ošamućenom čudovištu. [...]

Pripadnici plemena Pima toliko čvrsto veruju u ovo proročanstvo da odbijaju da pređu preko planina Superstišn, jer tamo boravi Červit Make — čekajući vrhunac njihove pokvarenosti kako bi na zemlju pustio moćno more koje leži zaježđeno iza tog planinskog venca.