The Golden Carp Ultimam

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The golden carp is believed to be a divine kind god who is the caretaker of the other Carp fish that reside and swim in the lake. Based on the short tale of Samuel; travelers arrived and consumed much in land resources to the point of nothing left. Eventually people started to catch sacred carp in the lake and eat them. As a result the divine gods wanted to kill all the people, but one god who was kind convinced the other gods to turn the people into carp themselves as well as become a golden carp. It is believed to be bad luck to fish for carp. Samuel says, “It is a sin to catch them, it is a worse offense to eat them” (Anaya, p. 80). During the confrontation of Tenorio’s accusation and witch pursuit of Ultima. Tenoroi’s eye ball was gouged

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