Tag Archives: Mythology

The Death of Strangers… Stuart France

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* … “I will bring strangers upon you. * They shall defile your brightness. * They shall bring you down to the pit. * They shall turn their hearts against the beauty of your wisdom, and you shall die the … Continue reading →

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Infinite regress…Stuart France

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

THE INFINITE HIGHWAY If one always returns to where one came from, then one’s destination is halfway between where one came from and where one is going to. HALFWAY TO INFINITY Every step along the infinite highway is simultaneously an … Continue reading →

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Considering White-Skunk III… Stuart France

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* That White-Skunk possess power is not in doubt. Bald-Eagle himself is wary of it. The point at issue is the uses to which that power is put. White-Skunk uses his power as a weapon to serve his own ends … Continue reading →

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Mother of all Living… Stuart France

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* The Spirit planted a garden on its holy mountain in the east. It was sown with trees whose fruits were blazing jewels: diamond, sapphire, and agate, emerald, sardonyx and cornelian, opal, beryl, and topaz, malachite, garnet and amethyst. * … Continue reading →

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Considering White-Skunk II… Stuart France

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* Winged creatures are almost universally regarded as symbols of spirituality. Is there any evidence to regard them as such in this tale? Bald-Eagle has fire. Meadow-Lark has far sight. Rice-Bird can play dead. Not a bad ‘trawl’. * * … Continue reading →

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Considering White-Skunk… Stuart France

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* The Opening dynamic resembles the ‘Edenic’ in so far as a prohibition is transgressed… ‘Do not eat from that tree, for you shall surely die.’ ‘Do not cross the lodge, for you shall leave a stench.’ * …And there … Continue reading →

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White-Skunk seeks medicine IX… Stuart France

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* … After leaving Skunk, Young-Wolf had overtaken his brothers and told them that, “Skunk was carrying a poor Rice-Bird in his back-pack.” They all came back down the valley looking for Skunk. They heard his stick-game song and crept … Continue reading →

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White-Skunk seeks medicine VIII… Stuart France

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* … Once Rice-Bird’s whistle could no longer be heard, Skunk soon forgot his fear. He came to a shady place. “Ah, this would be a good place to play the stick-game,” thought Skunk. He gathered some chunks of rotten … Continue reading →

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White-Skunk seeks medicine VII… Stuart France

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* … Rice-Bird now knew the thing that Skunk feared and he began to throw his voice in a whistle from Skunk’s back-pack. “Ugh!” cried Skunk when he heard the whistle and he turned and fled in the opposite direction. … Continue reading →

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White-Skunk seeks medicine VI… Stuart France

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* … “There is nothing I fear!” sang Skunk going his way, “there is just nothing I fear! Should a boulder roll at me as I pass I would squirt it with musk and blast it into a thousand pieces, … Continue reading →

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