Ayahuasca: Leaves

Yube Inu was fishing when he stumbled upon a lake with a pile of uricuri seeds on its bank. Aware that they would attract animals, he built a leaf hut and hid there, waiting for them.

First came a jacamim, a black bird with green metallic wings. Yube Inu shot it and found colorful seeds adorning its nose. Then came a cutiara, a yellowish brown rodent no bigger than his foot, and he shot it too. He saw the seeds again, this time being used as earrings. Last came a juriti, a grayish brown dove, and it had a red string tied to its feet.

Yube Inu found it all very strange. There was something different about that place.

Suddenly he heard a thundering sound coming from the forest, it was a tapir running towards the lake. With arrows too short for the kill, he hid in his hut and watched as the animal took three jenipapo berries and tossed them into the lake. The water started frothing and from the foam came a beautiful woman.

She was the tapir’s wife and Yube Inu fell in love with her.