B42E. Nandu hunt.72.74.

In the space hunt plot, the object of persecution is Nanda (Rhea americana, a large flightless bird). See motif B42.

Chaco. Matako; chorote; toba; pilaga; mokowi; vilela: Wilbert, Simoneau 1988, No. 5 [(Cipolletti ms); hunters surrounded the man hiding in a hole under a tree Nandu the ogre; three chicks escaped and became snakes (the origin of snakes); Nandu was killed, his skeleton was the Milky Way], 10 [The Milky Way owns all Nandu; the star at his head is two dogs clutching his neck]: 17-19, 26.

The Southern Cone. Tehuelche [{links seem to have been given, but I couldn't figure it out}; the Patagonians saw the Milky Way as old hunters chase Nanda; or it's one hunter; the Southern Cross is Nandu's legs, Orion's belt - abandoned bola; Magellanic Clouds are piles of Nandu feathers collected by this hunter or someone else]: Müller 1867:256.