![]() “As a reward for having saved me from the jaguar,” said Jasy to him, “tomorrow, when you wake up, you will find a new plant in the middle of your garden. In a moment of clarity, Arami realized that, in truth, he was not floating but gliding over the white darkness while sitting comfortably on the palm of Jasy’s hand. Except that, in the dream, she was taller, so, so much taller, that her face rose above the jungle, reflecting on it a soft, brilliant and whitish light and her hair was longer, so, so much longer and blacker, that it spread over the whole sky like a jet night where few stars shone. From behind, pale and extremely high despite towering trees, Jasy was watching him and smiling, with the same eyes and the same smile he had appreciated so much, hours before, while he was petting the jaguar. He was floating over a huge, white and silvery lush forest. Later that night, while he was sleeping, he dreamed the weirdest dream he had ever dreamed. “Who might this strange and beautiful girl be?” wondered Arami, deeply intrigued. Blushing, she had lowered her head and she had taken her hand to her mouth. Hardly had Arami finished pronouncing the word “moon,” than the goddess had let slip the hint of a smile. If you wish so, you are welcome to rest in my family’s hut, Jasy.” ![]() Let alone tonight, since darkness is deeper as there is no moon. “The sunrise is still some hours away, and it is not a good idea to walk in the jungle at this time of night. I am Jasy, and the heavens will be eternally grateful to you for having saved my life,” replied the goddess, feeling a sudden rush of emotion. “My name is Arami,” said the young man, while he petted the appeased feline and, at the same time, bowed before the girl. The goddess understood that peace had been restored to the jungle. It started to play with the lianas that hung in front of its head. Yawning, it shamelessly opened its mouth wide, inadvertently showing its ferocious teeth. After a while, the jaguar eventually sat on its hind legs. And she saw a dark-skinned and brown-haired young man, dressed in a loincloth, who was on his knees close to the animal, whispering to its ear words in a strange language, which the goddess had never heard before. Plucking up enough courage, she opened her eyes. Yet, she heard a voice murmuring some meters away from where she was standing. She closed her eyes and mouth, expecting the worst. ![]() Having become a human, she had lost all the powers that could have saved her from such a threat. It stared and roared at her menacingly, with fierceness, getting ready to attack. It was while she was mesmerized with the buzzing sound that surrounded a beehive that, all of a sudden, a jaguar crossed her path. Drinking tereré in the middle of the jungle Her eyes wide open, like a little girl, and barefoot, so she could move more freely through the deep harmony of the thick vegetation, she ran gracefully like a gazelle, plunging herself into the scent of wild ferns and all sorts of herbs, smiling when listening to the many mysterious nocturnal sounds that inhabit the jungle. So it happened that, jumping for joy, that very night the goddess finally descended onto planet Earth. Right there, humans, whom the goddess admired so, lived happily in huts made of straw and mud, in community and in contact with Mother Nature. It was on a summer afternoon, at the scorching time of siesta, that she succeeded in convincing her father, the God of all gods, to let her walk at least for a few hours, secretly, through the infinite paths of red earth that go deep into the huge and thunderous waterfalls of the jungle in Misiones (2). A Guaraní (1) legend has it that, once upon a time, there was a beautiful goddess with long black hair and skin as white as snow, who was so in love with human beings that she would spend hours and hours watching in fascination their every move from the skies above.
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