/We stopped looking at each other where the sea began. First out of fear but later out of curiosity. Your legs transformed into fins and you were eager to jump, as you had seen hares, guanacos, and pumas jump. And that's how you said goodbye, with a big jump while you swam to the deepest part of the sea to be happy./
For the Tehuelches, the whale was first a land animal that, since it was very large, swallowed the people and animals that lived near it without realizing it. Elal was able to convince it that it was much better to live in the sea.
𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢 (@𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢) 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 '𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘴' 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘏𝘌𝘕 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦