There was a little girl who had been an orphan since her infancy. The uncle and his wife with whom she lived did not like her. She walked alone along a jungle path and wept. Ta-e came to her, but the little one did not recognize her. “Why do you cry?” asked Ta-e. “Mother,” answered the little girl, “my uncle does not like me and treats me very badly.” “Come to my arms!” said Ta-e. She embraced the little one, and without the child’s noticing anything they ascended to heaven. She washed the little girl, gave her the name of Ariana, and reared her.
Ariana became a very pretty young woman. Many men of the celestial people desired her, and she had love affairs with many of them; but because of this she also had many enemies, some of whom invited her one day for a stroll. They went with her to where the upper world ends, where they suddenly transformed themselves into toads, hopped in all directions, and disappeared, leaving Ariana alone.
Ariana took the shape of a swallow and flew up to the Sun. Flying just above him, she plucked out a lock of red hair and one of blue hair. With these Ariana attempted to decorate her arm-bands, which would make her even prettier and irresistible. The Sun, however, exasperated at her audacity, fetched her such a kick that she went flying through heaven and earth, finally stopping in the underworld called nechaku. When she returned from there, she brought maize for the inhabitants of the earth.