Legend Guaraní La Tijereta

Fuente: http://scalar.usc.edu/works/la-pea-mural-/el-quetzal

At the beginning of time, the greatest creator of the Guaraní God the Tupa, defined life and death, I create the paradise where I would house the souls of good people, in the life they live an eternal life with the appearance of a bird.

It established that the souls of the people who died had to ascend to the sky with wings that the same tupa sent the day of the death, once arrived at the sky they were interviewed by the Guaraní God, in the defined some aspects of the person, The shape of the bird according to the characteristics of each person.

In the land without evil of the guaraníes landed a contingent of Spaniards with the mission to colonize the inhabitants of the town.

The Spaniards created a fort where they shared with the local Indians, in it lived a young woman named Eirá with her mother, the mother suffered from an illness that left her handicapped being total slope of her daughter.

Eirá was dedicated to take care of his mother all day, he earned the money doing work of dressmaker, to have always at hand the yetapa (scissors) was hanging around the waist by means of a black ribbon.

A very beautiful young woman, she had many suitors, she did not care about her, she only had heart for her sick mother, the young people from the settlement promised to be good companions and help take care of her mother, but she worked so hard that she did not have a single minute Of time to give to another person, therefore love was not an option for Eira.

In the afternoon he was obliged to take a walk for his sick mother, they went to the coast of the Parana River and sat on stones to contemplate the imposing flow of water that only the Parana could give.

A very hardworking young woman, she had a lot of work to do, it was very common to see her with cloths, threads and scissors in hand, the scissors were part of her life, when she got up she dressed and as a dress instrument she hung the scissors with a black ribbon Which was tied around her waist, so she was always on hand to use it.

Eira was a very good seamstress, her works were of a very good quality, all the people of the village attended to hire some work of dress, the women of the Spaniards went to Eira to make some dresses for them and their girls, the Spaniards would come to send To make his trousers and suits, the sewing workshop was a real success.

As every day they came to his sight forced by the banks of the river, something drew Eira's attention, his mother was more cheerful than ever, it could be said that she had improved a lot, the mother watched everything in her path, stopped longer To contemplate the gifts of nature, the plants, the animals, the beautiful flowers and the waters of the beautiful Parana, looked at everything as if it were to be the last time he would see it.

The night arrived at the settlement bringing with it an intense cold, although they were in winter but this day was the coldest day of all the winters, in spite of the care that Eirá provided to his mother tonight passed away, the wind was very strong , The very intense cold, poor Eira wept disconsolately, lost half her life in the blink of an eye.

The poor young woman had to face the worst challenge of her life, how to do to continue living after such a strong blow, she found refuge in the only thing she could do to work! Today more than ever she dedicated herself to her sewing duties, she worked day and night, she wanted to get tired in the evenings not to think, but the pain was very strong, she was present all the time, she had lost the desire to live.

She was alone in the company of her scissors, every day was a challenge to life, every day that passed was a little sadder, anguish and sadness played a bad time, shortly after leaving his mother, seriously ill, Nothing could be done to save her and she passed away.

There was not a person more deserving of the sky than Eira, the Tupa sent her to fetch her, taking her with him to heaven, knowing the life story of the young model Tupa the bird costume that would take in paradise.
The merciful god prepared a beautiful black plumage, combined with the throat and the white chest, the Tupa gave his new outfit to Eira, she received it with pleasure, but not completely animated, because of her humble condition did not say anything, the Tupa I notice a certain discontent in the young woman.

What do you want, Eira? Is there something you're worried about? Or maybe you want to ask me something, please feel free to ask for it, for being a very kind and kind young woman, very friendly and respectful with your mother, I grant you to make a wish, said the Tupa to the Young.

She remained silent, it was not common in Eira to ask for something
What do you want Eira? He repeated the Tupa again.
You merciful God knows my history knows that all my life I dedicate to the work and to the care of my mother, I would like to have a memory that helped me take my life forward. Said the young woman
What do you wish? Said the Tupa

I want to carry a picture of a scissor on my body, she was my companion until the last minute of my life. Eira said
The Tupa understood the request of the young woman, she gave her own make the rest of the outfit, the dressmaker took some black ribbons and added to the sides of the tail giving movement to open and close as a scissors, finished the dress Tupa placed the soul of the young woman and sent her back to the land in the form of a bird, so she can enjoy her own life, since being a human lived to care for her mother.


Fuente: http://www.desafiomaterno.com/la-tijereta/

The beautiful bird descended from the skies with a long tail very similar to the scissors, precisely called a scissor because of its similarity to the scissors.
The Guaranis call it Jhuguay-Yetapa, which means scissors.

Fuente: http://piruja56.blogspot.com.ar/2016/08/la-tijereta-leyenda-guarani.html




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