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A Mixtec woman releasing rain from a sacred jar over Oaxaca fields.

The Woman Who Held the Rain Jar

Long ago, in the mountains of Oaxaca, when the rivers were low and the earth cracked under the sun, the people prayed for rain. Crops withered, and streams ran dry. The elders spoke of a woman chosen by the spirits to hold the power of rain itself, a jar that contained both the life-giving waters and the potential for destruction.
Ojibwe ceremonial drum in longhouse with a child listening, First Peoples folktale, Ontario, Canada

The drum heard only by the patient

In a quiet Ojibwe village near the shores of a winding river in Ontario, there was a drum unlike any other. This drum was not meant for ordinary music or celebration. Its frame was carved from cedar, and the hide was stretched with care, etched with the symbols of the

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