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Kaieteur’s Stone Canoe

In short: Find out how two rocks become associated with a canoe and a basket in a story from Guyana’s Kaieteur Falls.

Kaieteur’s Stone Canoe · A canoe becomes a pointed rock FAIRY TALE ATLAS · № 194 Kaieteur’s Stone Canoe Find out how two rocks become associated with a canoe and a basket in a story from Guyana’s Kaieteur Falls. Origin One Patamona story associated with Kaieteur Falls in Guyana. The 1876 edition and the 1915 collection that reproduces it are separate publication records. Atlas record 1876 First appearance Exact date unknown SIGNATURE MOTIF A canoe becomes a pointed rock Reach¹ 1/10 Suggested age² 8+ Member rating No votes yet 2 records · 1 countries or regions blackhorsestories.com

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Origin and tradition

One Patamona story associated with Kaieteur Falls in Guyana. The 1876 edition and the 1915 collection that reproduces it are separate publication records.

In Brown’s account, an older man is sent down the Potaro River in a canoe with a basket of belongings. Below the falls a pointed rock is remembered as the canoe and a square rock as the basket. Roth’s 1915 collection reproduces Brown’s account.

Dated records and sources

  1. 1876 · Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
    Charles Barrington Brown · Canoe and Camp Life in British Guiana · pp. 214–215 · Published collection
  2. 1915 · Kaieteur Falls, Guyana
    Walter E. Roth · An Inquiry into the Animism and Folk-Lore of the Guiana Indians · §172 · Published collection

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