In
Gypsy mythology,
God baked the first
men and
women in an oven. Some, however, were kept too long in the oven and they turned out dark: the
black race. The second time God opened the oven door too soon and the baking was not quite ready: the
white race. The third time God produced images baked properly to the right color: the
Indians, ancestors of the Gypsies.
Wedwick, H.E., Dictionary of Gypsy Life and Lore. New York, Philisophical Library, Inc. 1973