| | 1 | Author: | Lowell, Amy | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Many Swans: Sun Myth of the North American Indians  | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | When the Goose Moon rose and walked upon a pale sky, and water made a
noise once more beneath the ice on the river, his heart was sick
with longing for the great good of the sun. One Winter again had
passed, one Winter like the last. A long sea with waves biting each
other under grey clouds, a shroud of snow from ocean to forest,
snow mumbling stories of bones and driftwood beyond his red fire.
He desired space, light; he cried to himself about himself, he made
songs of sorrow and wept in the corner of his house. He gave his
children toys to keep them away from him. His eyes were dim
following the thin sun. He said to his wife: "I want that sun. Some
day I shall go to see it." And she said: "Peace, be still. You will
wake the children." | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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