Saint Brigid and the Wolf Celtic Christianity – Ireland Hundreds of years ago, a saint named Brigid built a small hut under a huge oak tree in a place that came to be known as Kildare, in honour of that tree. When she first moved into her home under that oak, it was a…
Jack and the Dancing Trees Scotland A while back now, there was a lad, Jack. A good-hearted lad, he lived with his mother in a wee run-down cottage, not much more than a hovel really. It wasn’t for fecklessness or lack of effort that they lived in a hovel, for they both worked hard…
Iya Yankton Sioux People – USA and Canada From the tall grass came the voice of a crying babe. The hunstmen who were passing nigh heard and halted. The tallest one among them hastened toward the high grass with long, cautious strides. He waded through the growth of green with just a head above…
The Legend of the Serpent of Water Hñahñu People – Mexico There on the mountain called R’anxu on the northern rim of the Mezquital Valley lived an enormous snake. It was called K’enthe (the serpent of water) because it was said to bring to the region. About three hundred years ago it was seen…