The Battle of the Wind Gods
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Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0688217834
ISBN13:9780688217839
Release Date:January 1974
Publisher:William Morrow & Company
Length:32 Pages
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Native American fable about the change of seasons
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
When my children were young, I made it a point to read the fairy tales from other cultures to them. This story is an adaptation from Native American lore. There are two wind gods, the cold, icy North Wind that brings fall and winter and the warm South Wind that brings spring and summer. At one time, North Wind came early and refused to leave on time, leading to the Blackfoot Indians suffering, as the buffalo were no longer plentiful. While South Wind tried to move North Wind away, he was not strong enough and North Wind remained. However, by performing a ruse, South Wind was able to lure North Wind into his hot teepee, weakening him to the point where he could be overcome. Once North Wind was defeated, South Wind occasionally decided to stay a little longer in the autumn of the year, extending the warmth of the summer into the fall months. The Blackfoot then called the additional irregular season Indian summer. I did not encounter this story until my children were too old to listen to it. However, if I had known about it when they were young, there is no doubt that I would have read it to them and explained the point of the story.
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