 The hummingbird was an animal revered by the Yámanas, and the Taiyin creation myth explaining the creation of the archipelago's water system, the culture hero "Taiyin" is portrayed in the guise of a hummingbird.A Yámana myth, "The egoist fox", features a hummingbird as a helper and has some similarities to the "Taiyin"-myth of the Selk'nam.Similar remarks apply to the myth about the big albatross