The trouble with some gods, like Loki the Norse god or Cupid the Roman god, is that they love playing tricks on humans.

This story is about a mischievous Peruvian god, from a long time ago, called Cuniraya and a young girl called Cavillaca.

Although Cuniraya´ was a god, his favourite trick was to dress up as a poor beggarman.

He would wander from village to village and if the people were kind to him, he would stop and help them to build roads and walls; for he was extremely clever.

One day, he arrived at a small village near Pachacamac in Peru. He had walked a long way and was tired and thirsty.

A kind villager saw him and offered him some food and drink, so Cuniraya decided to stay awhile and help the villagers with what he could.

A young girl named Cavillaca lived in the village. She was kind and gentle and very beautiful.

It wasn´ t long before Cuniraya caught sight of Cavillaca. She was out gathering fire wood to use for cooking. Cuniraya fell in love with her immediately.

Cavillaca paid no attention to Cuniraya. She liked the boys of her own age and she wasn´ t interested in a dirty, old beggarman.

This made Cuniraya furious. He was a god after all and was very hurt that Cavillaca did not like him. He decided to play a trick on Cavillaca.

Cuniraya disguised himself as a lucama fruit. When Cavillaca sat down under the shade of a tree in the afternoon to do some weaving, a lucama fruit dropped beside her.

She was hungry so she picked up the fruit and ate it.