Post by Okwes on Sept 24, 2007 8:22:07 GMT -5
Father Frog - Yaqui
WHEN A YAQUI man who is old and well off lies on his death bed, it is the
custom for his family to gather about him. Sometimes one of his sons will
ask the sick man, "If you should die in whose hands would you leave your
land?"
"Who is my best friend?" asks the man.
With the hope of being left the inheritance all answer, "Nehpo, Nehpo,
Nehpo," which means, "I, I, I."
Then the old man asks, "Who among you will accompany me then when I die?"
No one answers.
It is thus among all of the animals too, even down to the little frogs. The
father frog, on his death bed, asks, "Who is my best friend?"
And all of the little frogs answer, "Nehpo, Nehpo, Nehpo."
You have heard them. LC
Yaqui Myths and Legends, by Ruth Warner Giddings; Illustrated by Laurie
Cook; University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ (Univ. Ariz. Anthropological
Paper No. 2) [1959] [1959, Copyright not registered or renewed] and is now
in the public domain.
WHEN A YAQUI man who is old and well off lies on his death bed, it is the
custom for his family to gather about him. Sometimes one of his sons will
ask the sick man, "If you should die in whose hands would you leave your
land?"
"Who is my best friend?" asks the man.
With the hope of being left the inheritance all answer, "Nehpo, Nehpo,
Nehpo," which means, "I, I, I."
Then the old man asks, "Who among you will accompany me then when I die?"
No one answers.
It is thus among all of the animals too, even down to the little frogs. The
father frog, on his death bed, asks, "Who is my best friend?"
And all of the little frogs answer, "Nehpo, Nehpo, Nehpo."
You have heard them. LC
Yaqui Myths and Legends, by Ruth Warner Giddings; Illustrated by Laurie
Cook; University of Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ (Univ. Ariz. Anthropological
Paper No. 2) [1959] [1959, Copyright not registered or renewed] and is now
in the public domain.