K13D. A leg hanging in the sky .66.72.

A group of boys reaches the sky, the last leg being cut off or torn off.

Guarazu, chamacoco, matako (?) , caduveo.

Bolivia - Guaporé. Guaraçu [an eagle takes children to heaven, parents grab the latter's leg and tear it off, children turn into stars]: Riester 1984:41.

Chaco. Chamakoko [brothers flee to heaven from their mother; at her request, a hawk cuts off their last leg]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1987a, No. 72-77:252-272; matako [Pleiades are a group of men sitting around fire, leg next to them (without other details)]: Wilbert, Simoneau 1982a: 37 (note); caduveo: Wilbert, Simoneau 1990a, No. 23 [Go-Noeno-Go bird goes down to peck for finished food; man scares her off, she takes him to heaven; other people grab his leg and tear it off, the man turns into the Southern Cross], 30 [three children always play late; a painted vessel with flowers in it descends from the sky; children climb after them, the vessel begins to rise; the mother clings to the last boy's leg; her leg comes off; blood stains the sky, since then there is a red stripe on the horizon (at sunset); white birds come to bathe in a pool of blood, take on color; the Vulture can't stand the heat, wipes off with coals, turns black], 31 [the children play late, then lie down in the yard; the old man screams to others what is the creature (bird?) comes down from heaven and takes children away, but parents don't pay attention; children sing when they get up; the old man grabs the creature, sticks to it; parents grab the old man's leg, it comes off; they collect blood in vessel, birds are called to swim; Vulture cannot bear itching, falls out in burnt grass, turns black; other birds acquire colorful plumage]: 44, 55-56, 57-58.