The carau is further referred to an old and sorrowful legend

from the northeast of Argentina, fable about a young men

whose mother suffering a deadly disease sent him to go for
medicine. Her son, an innocent young boy, while on the
way to the village, heard an accordion in the distance. He
followed its sound, ran into a concurrence (a northeastern
folk-country party) where he forgot his mission.
He began dancing with the prettiest girl of the zone. Later,
amidst dancing, a carau's comrade hindered him about a
notice, telling: "I beg your pardon Carau, my friend, my
condolences... your mother just died..."
Carau responded "It doesn't matter my friend, mum already
died, I'll have time to cry later..."
Later in the night when the dawn was coming, he asked the
lady to go with her to her house, and she coldly responded:
"My house is far away from here, and I won't be visited by
one who doesn't care for his own mother…"
Afterwards, saying goodbye, with his heart utterly broke,
moving to home imbibed in tears, the young carau was
transformed into a bird and tupa (god) condemned him to
bear mourning black feathers and cry forever, just like the
bird lament: caráu.
 Once upon a time, a little girl from Corrientes felt in love with the moon. She suffered in
silence because the moon was far, far away.

One day, the girl decided to be near to her lover, so she climbed the tallest tree. She
stretched out her arms to the sky but she couldn’t touch the moon.

Then she climbed a mountain and waited for the moon, but she couldn’t touch it.

One night, she saw the reflection of the moon in the lake. She believed she could touch it…
so she jumped into the water. She drowned.