The Taino Origin Myth

There was a man called Yaya, and no one knew is name

his son was called Yayael

this Yayael was banished for four months

afterward his father killed him, put his bones in a gourd and hung it

from the roof of his house where it hung for some time.

It came to pass that one day, desiring to see his son

Yaya said to his wife, "I want to see our son Yayael"

This made her happy, and taking down the gourd

she turned it over to see the bones of their son

from it gushed forth many fish, big and small.

Seeing that these bones had been turned into fishes,

they decided to eat them

Taino (Caribbean)