Tejas Legends
The Plant That Grows in Trees
I really enjoyed this story and thought it was a cool way to explain how mistletoe ended up in trees. Honestly, I have never seen mistletoe outside and did not know that it grew in trees or was green year round. The thunder bird has a bad reputation for scaring the Indians, so I liked how its softer side was shown in this story.
Why the Woodpecker Pecks
This was not the happiest of stories, but I think it teaches a good lesson and shows the effects of parents that struggle with substance abuse. These parents care a lot about their children, however, they become selfish and forget about them when they are hallucinating on the mescal buttons. I know they care about their children because they accepted the offer from the god Manitou to become birds so they could search for them. They became woodpeckers and their children are supposedly still trapped in trees. Since there are still woodpeckers, I am assuming that they never found their children.
A Tribe That Left Its Shoes
Although a sad story, this one had a little bright ending. A tribe lived happily on an island until a volcano destroyed their home and forced them to leave. Similar to Hansel and Gretel, the tribe's medicine man left painted moccasins so that they could find their island whenever it came back. The moccasins ended up turning into orchids, pointing towards the island, so they would always be able to find it.
The Swift Blue One
I was really interested in this story because of the sculpture at the University of Oklahoma. Before reading this, I was not aware that the Spaniards brought horses to North America. For some reason, I thought that horses have always been here and that the Indians rode them before foreigners came to their land.
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