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This is our collection of links to Guajiro folktales and traditional stories that can be read online. We have indexed our American Indian legends section by tribe to make them easier to locate; however, variants on the same legend are often told by American Indians from different tribes, especially if those tribes are kinfolk or neighbors to each other. In particular, though these legends come from the Guajiros, the traditional stories of other Venezuelan tribes like the Arawak and Carib tribes are very similar.
Maleiwa (also spelled Mareiwa):
The creator god of Guajiro mythology, who made humans and taught them how to live.
Juyá (also spelled Juya):
The Guajiro god of rain and hunting.
Pulowi (also spelled Püloui):
Juya's wife (or in some Guajiro stories, his ex-wife). Pulowi is a dangerous earth goddess.
The Way of the Dead Indians:Pulowi of the Land and Pulowi of the Sea:Kasipoluin the Rainbow:The Origin of Fire:Folk Literature of the Guajiro Indians: 
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