Post by Okwes on Apr 14, 2008 13:26:51 GMT -5
Grandfather Gray Owl - Pima
A long, long time ago, when the world was new, Ban (Coyote) stole an old
woman's chu'i (pinole).The chief of the village chased the thief .
To escape, Ban flew to the sky, spilling the white chu'i across it. The
chief flew after him. When he caught the culprit, he angrily picked him up
and flung him to the moon.
Thus on a bright moonlit night, the desert Coyotes look up to the sky. They
see the Coyote in the moon and wail for their brother.
And when you look up at the sky, you can still see the pinole scattered all
across it.
* Note: This story was used as a teaching tool to teach children not to
steal or they might end up like Coyote in the moon.
Shaw, Anna Moore. A Pima Past. Arizona, U of A press, 1994.
www.story-lovers.com/listsowlstories.html
A long, long time ago, when the world was new, Ban (Coyote) stole an old
woman's chu'i (pinole).The chief of the village chased the thief .
To escape, Ban flew to the sky, spilling the white chu'i across it. The
chief flew after him. When he caught the culprit, he angrily picked him up
and flung him to the moon.
Thus on a bright moonlit night, the desert Coyotes look up to the sky. They
see the Coyote in the moon and wail for their brother.
And when you look up at the sky, you can still see the pinole scattered all
across it.
* Note: This story was used as a teaching tool to teach children not to
steal or they might end up like Coyote in the moon.
Shaw, Anna Moore. A Pima Past. Arizona, U of A press, 1994.
www.story-lovers.com/listsowlstories.html