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Caribbean mythology

A Taíno girl playing a flute beside the water serpent Guakare by a tropical river, Caribbean folktale scene.

The Serpent of the Hidden River

Long ago, before ships crossed the sea and before the smoke of strange fires touched the horizon, the island was whole. Its mountains rose like green giants covered in mist, and its rivers ran like silver veins, carrying life from the heart of the land to the open sea. Beneath
Guahayona departing by canoe from a Taíno village after breaking a sacred covenant, symbolizing betrayal and separation

Guahayona and the Broken Covenant

Long before the islands of the Caribbean were separated by wide and restless waters, the Taíno people believed the land and sea listened carefully to human promises. Words spoken before elders, rivers, and the sky were not merely sounds. They were bonds. These bonds shaped how villages lived together and

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