The Origin Myth of Yaje

  It was a woman. Her name was gaphi mahso/Yaje Woman. It happened in the
  beginning of time. In the beginning of time, when the Anaconda-Canoe was
    ascending into the rivers to settle mankind all over the land, there
 appeared the Yaje Woman. The canoe had arrived at a place called dia vii,
 the House of the Waters, and the men were sitting in the first maloca when
  the Yaje Woman arrived. She stood in front of the maloca, and there she
        gave birth to her child; yes, that was where she gave birth.

 The Yaje Woman took a tooka plant and cleaned herself and the child. This
 is a plant the leaves of which are red as blood on the underside, and she
   took these leaves and with them she cleaned the child. The leaves were
  shiny red, brilliant red, and so was the umbilical cord. It was red and
 yellow and white, shining brightly. It was a long umbilical cord, a large
             piece of it. She is the mother of the yaje vine.

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