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Post by KittyLane on Mar 11, 2007 22:42:22 GMT -5
White Buffalo Calf Woman by Micha F. Lindemans This Lakota myth tells of two men who were on a hunting trip when they noticed a beautiful young woman walking towards them. She was dressed in white buckskin and carried a bundle on her back. One of the men had bad thought about her, but the moment he approached her, he was suddenly surrounded by a white mist. When the mist dispersed, nothing of the man remained but a skeleton. The woman turned to the other man and she told him to go home and prepare a big lodge for her. The man ran home and did exactly what she had told him to do. When the woman walked into his village, he had already completed his task. She then told the people of the village that she came from Heaven and was here on earth to teach them how to live and what their future would be. She gave the people maize, taught them the use of the pipe, and taught them the seven sacred ceremonies. Furthermore, she gave them colors for the four winds or directions. When she was finished she turned into a white buffalo calf, then turned the color black, then red, then last she turned yellow, representing the colors of the four directions. Then she disappeared. www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/americas/native_american/articles.html
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Post by Moonsmith on Jul 3, 2007 19:49:27 GMT -5
Ah, yes, this is the tale, the very short version I may add I heard from Black Elk(from the book The Sacred Pipe). I have been honored to know of another version. It seems every group who used The Gift has their own version. I won't share it here as that would be a breech of trust. Suffice it to say that it takes two days to tell. If you are ever honored enough to be invited to a storytelling of The Gift, please do so. I recommend it highly, no matter which version you hear.
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Post by Lady Anastasia on Jul 4, 2007 0:41:27 GMT -5
Ah, yes, this is the tale, the very short version I may add I heard from Black Elk(from the book The Sacred Pipe). I have been honored to know of another version. It seems every group who used The Gift has their own version. I won't share it here as that would be a breech of trust. Suffice it to say that it takes two days to tell. If you are ever honored enough to be invited to a storytelling of The Gift, please do so. I recommend it highly, no matter which version you hear. Hey! Hi to you.... You should create an account Moonsmith... Not just pop in as a guest lala
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