A boy caught a two-headed snake, put it in a box and fed them for several years. During this time she was big and strong. The boy, now grown into a strong man, she could no longer how to feed at the beginning, with birds, but had their deer, buffalo or even catch bears.
When he was out hunting one day, the snake crawled out from her chest, pressed down all the trees like grass, and threatened to engulf the people. All, even the warriors were no match for the snake, had to flee into a cave, which was now guarded by the serpent tongues.
One night one of the warriors had a dream in he learned that an arrow, entwined with the hair of his sister, was able to penetrate the skin of the snake. Equal to the first Arrow penetrated into the heart of the monster and saved humanity from certain destruction.
Indian fable
Retold by:
Horst-Dieter Radke
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