History of Water Gods Autor: Collection of Peruvian children
Tishu Ucha I
t exists until today, a spring: Tishu Ucha, located in the place Milla Pata, which is a beautiful mountain to the southeast side of the neighborhood San Pedro de Huáscar, in the district of Yanacancha, in the province of Chupaca. According to the testimony of my ancestors, inside the Tishu Ucha, there lived a beautiful maiden who claimed to be the owner of the crystalline waters of the spring. The beautiful maiden, from time to time, at the break of dawn or in the twilight, she intoned songs that produced echoes in the mountains, which, interpreted by the lilacu japicucuna, asked for an offering, so the villagers were organized and made the purchase of products such as cognac, pisco, fruits and sweets, so that the connoisseurs by means of a ritual, in hours very close to midnight, preferably on Tuesdays or Fridays, delivered the offering.
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At a certain time, there was a discord among the villagers over the distribution of water for irrigation, to the point that in fights with physical aggression there were two dead. Possibly, because of these crimes, the beautiful maiden with the echo of her songs with nostalgic melody, promised to punish the villagers. Certainly, the spring became dry, turning its eye into a nest of snakes; many of these reptiles, with several heads, came to bite the animals and children. The villagers were troubled and spent the days in deep distress, gathering, night after night, asking for mercy to the Pachamama, but to no avail. Worse still: the reptiles multiplied and invaded the houses. The villagers, impotent, decided to emigrate to other towns, but the young boy called Tuqui Ñahui, refused to leave his homeland, for which, from so much crying, he shed abundant tears of blood.
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