The Mehinaku people of the Amazon have an interesting way with language. Instead of saying “I am thirsty,” they’ll say “My tongue is hurting.” In the same way, “I am horny” becomes “My genitals are hungry.” This conjures up some disturbing images, but it also explains a curious story in their folklore.
According to the legend, all women’s vaginas used to detach from their bodies at night and wander around the village looking for food. Because apparently in the Amazon, if you wake up to find that your pantry has been raided, you immediately assume that a free-wandering vagina did it.
The story goes that a man once woke up in the middle of the night to find a stray vagina eating his leftovers, so he took a fire brand to it. The vagina scurried back to its owner, who woke up in agony over her seared unmentionables and later advised all the other local women not to let their vaginas wander around at night. And that’s why women’s vaginas no longer roam free, because apparently that needed a legend to explain.
Source: Cracked
Source: Cracked
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