The Boy Who Made Dragonfly

By Tony. Kubinyi Hillerman

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• Format: Unknown Binding
• ISBN: B007ELVVWE
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.

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Out of unselfish love.

“And because you have made me out of unselfish love, you have touched me with life.” This is a transcript of a story that was verbally passed down through the generations of the Zuni. It was recorded in 1883 by Frank Hamilton Cushing. He had become a chief Priest of the Bow Society of the Macaw Clan. The story is based on a drought that happened to the Ha’wi-k’uh about 1300, before the coming of the Europeans (1539-1540). ------------------------- The basic tale is of a person who treated food like mud and was extremely rude to their corn spirits, who were in the form of two old ladies. Only two children and a discarded old woman paid them any respect. This was very bad as the Zuni is part of nature, and therefore, nature and strangers are to be treated with respect. Thus, the story is of the drought that sent the people away and left the two children and the old lady behind. ---------------------- The version I read was illustrated by László Kubinyi. It is out of print, so I am ordering the one illustrated by Janet Grado. Another thing I found interesting is that some of the places and things we read about in this story became titles of Hillerman books.