Young Acuri, son of the thunder god, is sent down to earth by his father to learn about the ways of man. Acuri’s adventurous apprenticeship is served against an exotic setting of talking foxes, many-colored llamas and huge, threatening serpents. He encounters greed, dishonesty, and vanity among humans, and under the protective all-powerful eye of his father, he learns both to punish and to reward. His schooling over, he returns to the heavens a very much wiser young god.
On Acuri’s thirteenth birthday, his father, the thunder god Paricaca, said: “My son, disguise yourself as a beggar and go down to earth. It is time you learned more than you know. Do not be afraid, for I will never be far away.” Acuri disguised himself, said goodbye to his father, and set off.
