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Manuscript Used to Eradicate Andean Thought is Now Key to Revitalizing it

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The Mystery of the Rich Man's Illness

Watihori subsisted just by baking potatoes and earth pits. People named him the baked potato gleeener. There was another man called Tamtanyanja, a very rich and powerful lord. One day he overheard two foxes talking to each other about the mystery of the rich man's illness. And unlike all the wise men who tried to cure his disease, they knew the answer. His disease is this. While his wife was toasting maize, a grain of maize popped from the griddle and got into her shame. She picked it out and served it to a man to eat. This is tantamount to adultery. Because of that, a snake had made its dwelling

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