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The tree that rains
the flood myth of the Huichol Indians of Mexico
By Bernhard, Emery & Bernhard, Durga
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82341-108-5
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1994
K-Gr 3 Hard-working Watakame is favored by Great-Grandmother Earth, Nakawe, with a warning that a flood is coming to punish the people who have forgotten the gods. Following her instructions to carve a boat out of the trunk of a fig tree, Watakame and his faithful dog survive the five-year inundation. Then he re-seeds the earth. When he discover...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
