In eastern Brazil, the Karaya and Ges Indians speak of Anatiwa. In their creation mythos, he caused the deluge which nearly wiped out humanity. If not for the efforts of Saracura, the water-hen, humanity would have been destroyed. She carried earth to the hilltop (Tupimara) on which humanity sought refuge, but as fast as she brought the soil, fish sent by Anatiwa nibbled it away.