Pima,Papago, O’odham Legends

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 at the junction of the Verde and Salt Rivers, and from his own sweat made men. As the people multiplied they grew selfish and quarrelsome, so that Cherwit Make was disgusted with his handiwork and resolved to drown them all.
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AUTHOR: Pima Legend, Myth, Oral Story Pima legend of how the first man and first woman were made.Continue to Pima Legend of the First People →