He nahesa nui ka Yacumama, a hiki i 60 mika ka lōʻihi, i ʻōlelo ʻia e noho ana ma ka muliwai ʻo Amazon. Wahi a nā shamans kūloko, hele ka Yacumama i kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Boiling River. Ma nā moʻolelo kūloko, ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Yacumama ka makuahine o nā ola kai āpau, hiki iā ia ke omo i nā mea ola i hala i loko o 100 mau wāwae. Puhi nā kama'āina i ka pū conch ma mua o ke komo ʻana i ka muliwai, me ka manaʻoʻiʻo ma hope o ka lohe ʻana i ka walaʻau, e hōʻike ka nahesa iā ia iho inā aia i loko o ia wahi.
ʻO ka moʻolelo o Yacumama
ʻO ka Yacumama kekahi o nā mōneka kaulana loa e noho nei ma nā ululāʻau Amazon, ma ʻAmelika Hema. Lohe ʻia kēia moʻolelo ma Paraguay, Argentina a me Brazil, a ma kēia mau wahi a pau, ʻike ka poʻe iā Yacumama ma ke ʻano he pale o ka wai a ʻaʻohe mea e pakele ai.
Ua ʻike ka poʻe ʻōiwi i kona hele ʻana mai, ua hāʻawi kēia mau kānaka i nā hōʻike kupanaha no ka ʻai ʻana o ka Yacumama i kāna mea pio, a hōʻike ʻo ia i ka kuha ʻana i nā ʻōpuʻu wai nui a no laila e hoʻopau i kāna mau mea i pepehi ʻia. Ua nalo ka nui o ka poe lawaia me na mea a pau a me ko lakou mau Moku, a olelo mai kekahi, ua lohe lakou i ka halulu e haalulu ana mahope o kona nalo ana; a ua māʻona ka Yacumama i kāna mea pio.
Nānā
I ka makahiki 1900, ua holo ka moku o 2 kanaka e hookomo i ka mea pahū i loko o ka muliwai, me ka manao e pepehi i ka Yacumama. Ma hope o ka pahū ʻana, ala aʻe ka nahesa mai ka muliwai i uhi ʻia i ke koko, ʻaʻole i make. Au aku ka nahesa, a haalele i na kanaka me ka makau nui.
Titanoboa - he wehewehe wehewehe
Manaʻo kekahi poʻe ʻo ia ka nahesa pau i kapa ʻia ʻo titanoboa, he nahesa i ulu ma kahi o 12 mika, a ke kuhi nei kekahi poʻe ʻepekema ua ulu nui aʻe.
Manaʻo nō hoʻi ka poʻe ʻepekema he mea make paha kēia nahesa. Ua kākoʻo ʻia kēia manaʻo e ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mōʻalihaku o kēia mea ola me nā lua i loko o lākou, ʻo ia wale nō ke kumu o ka nahu ʻawaʻawa.
Ma muli o kona nui, ʻo ka titanoboa paha he mea ʻaihue apex. ʻO kāna ʻai ʻana, ʻo nā mea ola a pau e mālama ai iā ia, e like me nā ʻiole, nā manu, a me nā mea momona liʻiliʻi. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka noiʻi ʻana he nahesa wai paha ʻo Titanoboa, a ʻike ʻia kona mau mōʻalihaku ma nā wahi wai.
