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behind!’ The nephew turned round and recognized his 
eldest brother — who was also his father. The grand¬ 
mother embraced him tenderly. 
“ The eldest fellow persuaded his grandmother and 
brother not to return to the aldeja where he had suffered 
so much from the hands of his father. 
They have made me suffer,’ he said, 4 and I shall 
take my revenge. Come with me, and we shall all be 
happy together.’ 
“ They went to a beautiful spot. He climbed a 
mountain, and from there proceeded to produce lightning, 
thunder, and wind, which exterminated the rest of the 
tribe in the aldeja. That is why, when the Bororos see 
lightning, they say that it is some one’s vengeance coming 
upon them.” 
In the Bororo language, lightning was called boeru 
goddo or “ angry people ”; thunder was bai gabe 
when near, and boy a ruru — or deaf sound — when 
distant. 
The Bororos related an interesting legend of a great 
flood or deluge. 
“ One night a Bororo went with his bow and arrows 
to the river in order to fish, at a spot where a cane snare 
or trap had been made in the stream. He killed a sacred 
fish. No sooner had he done this than the water 
immediately began to rise. He was scarcely able to get 
out of the water and run up the mountain side, lighting 
his way with the torch of resinous wood he had used in 
order to attract the fish while fishing. The water kept 
almost overtaking him, it rose so rapidly. He called out 
to the Bororos of his tribe to make their escape, as the 
water would soon drown them, but they did not believe 
him, and consequently all except himself perished. When 
he reached the summit of the mountain, he managed to 
light a big fire just before the rising water was wetting 
the soles of his feet. He was still shouting in vain to all 
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