The Twin Brothers Who Shared One Shadow
In the time before the world settled into its present shape, when mountains were still learning their names and the sky listened closely to
The Canoe That Spoke of Past Journeys
Along the sheltered coasts of Puerto Rico, where the sea curved gently into sandy inlets and mangrove roots reached into quiet water, the people
The Crab That Spoke to the Moon
Along the shores of the island, where the sea met mangrove roots and coral sand, the people lived by watching the water. Fishing was
The Spirit of the Coconut Grove
Long before the coastline of the Greater Antilles was divided by boundaries and names, there stood a wide coconut grove near the sea. The
The Deception of the False RainMaker
In the time when gods still walked the earth disguised as humble travelers, when the sacred and the ordinary mingled freely in the terraced
The Woman Who Refused to Mourn: A Quechua Warning Tale
In the ancient days, when the apus, the sacred mountain spirits still walked openly among the people, there lived a woman named Kusisita in
The Woman Who Married the Wind: A Quechua Tale from the Bolivian Andes
In the high valleys of the Andes, where the mountains pierce the clouds and the air grows thin and cold, there once lived a
The Moon Who Loved a Shepherd: A Heartbreaking Andean Tale of Forbidden Love
In the time before time was measured, when the world was still learning its rhythms, the Moon was not the distant, pale wanderer we
The Man Who Became a Hummingbird
In the early days, when the forests of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico were thick with flowering trees and the air carried the scent of
The Snake Who Guarded the Cassava
In the early days, when the Taíno people first learned how to shape their villages around the rhythms of the land, cassava was more
