Here are some stories from Tejas Legends Pt. A
This story, much like the previous one, and I’m sure like all of those that follow, is interesting because of the style of Native American storytelling. I am always fascinated with their ability to anthropomorphise anything. In this story, the old, cold North Wind attacked the young, warm South Wind. The South Wind was fed up with this and so he spun the North Wind around by his hair until he ripped some of the hair out (creating Spanish Moss).
This is the story of how mistletoe came to grow in trees instead of on the ground. Again, a thunder bird speaks with a talking mistletoe plant, is moved by its words, and helps it to grow in the trees.
“There was a time when woodpeckers used to be Indians.” That pretty much sums it up right there. Indians disobey their medicine men, and a God hides the Indians children in a tree. Then, they are turned into birds who use their beak to try and get into the tree.
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| (Image Information: Woody Woodpecker; Web Source: Hero Wiki) |
This story holds off on the anthropomorphism. Instead, the medicine man gives the tribe’s moccasins a little magic. After losing their island to a volcanic eruption, the tribe reaches the mainland and leaves their painted moccasins behind so that one day they can return. After time passes, they see that where each moccasin was left, an orchid grew in its place.
This is a story about the king of horses. A fast, majestic, Spanish, blue horse that could not be controlled by Indians because they did not speak the horse language. One day, a Spaniard, afraid for his life, promised to teach a young Indian the language of the horse, and he did. This Indian was the only one who could ride a horse. When he died in battle, the rest of the tribe decided to set the horse free.
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