B42D. Tapir hunting. 59.61.68.

In the space hunt plot, the object of persecution is a bear. See motif B42.

Guiana. Lokono; (akawai or Guyanese carinha); kalinya.

Western Amazon. Siona, sekoya [Tapir wanted to be a god; caught worms, thought they were fish; Baina took out splinters to Tapira, he became a tapir, B. killed him; B. taught the tapir what to eat; cut it in half, the back made a manatee ("water tapir"), the blood made a demon; the Turtle had water in the tree to the sky; the squirrel cut off the branches, B. knocked down the tree, formed a river; gave people bananas, went to heaven; Pleiades nephews were told to chase the tapir; they find more and more fresh piles of tapir droppings, ask them when the tapir passed; when they cross the river in Cayman, the older brother calls him grandmother; the youngest says this is not the case; they killed the caiman, took out their leg; went up to heaven, became the Pleiades (Usebob√£i); the jaw of the caiman-Hyada; the handle of the axe with which they hacked the caiman is the Orion Belt; The Milky Way is a tapir road]: Vickers 1989:160-167; Napo.

Southern Amazon. Kamayura; (bakairi).