传说在西班牙人征服今天称作哥伦比亚的这个国家之前，居住在波哥大（即今日哥伦比亚的首都——译者）以北的山民，把祖母绿抛向爪塔维达湖。那里的印第安酋长，一年一度用蜂蜜和黄金屑涂遍全身，在凌晨让人们划小舟把他送到湖中央，然后跳进水里把金子奉献给神，这时岸边的 It is said that before the Spanish conquered the country called Colombia today, the mountain people living north of Bogotá dropped the emerald to the dam of Tabarvita. The Indian chief there, who spreads the whole year with honey and gold crumbs, lets people paddle boats to the center of the lake in the early morning, and then plunges into the water to sacrifice gold to God,