The Moon is Like a Boyand the Sun is Like a Girl
And God created the two great luminaries… the great light… and the small light. —Genesis 1:16 Originally, the sun and moon were created of equal size, but the moon protested, and so God made it smaller. —Midrash Rabbah But He…
The Lazy Girl and the Butter-Yellow Pot, by Nartana Premachandra
Everything is finished before it has happened, everything is finished before it has happened…. The young girl in red sang to herself. Carrying a butter-yellow pot, she shielded her eyes from the blossoming sun and looked out into the graceful…
Out of the Box: How Raven gave light to the world, by Leslie Hebert
Before I gave birth to the child, I lived alone with my father in a cold world of eternal night. Outside the door of our longhouse a thick blackness covered the earth. It was so dark that when I took…
Healing Water Goddesses, by Betsy Cornwell
Water is crucial to all life on Earth, and from the earliest records of human history we have venerated its healing and regenerative powers. It is no surprise that many healing water deities are goddesses: the life-giving, wellness-nurturing properties of…
Suvannavanna Hamsa Jataka: The Golden Swan, by Margo McLoughlin
Prologue Long, long ago, in the far distant past, the Bodhisatta was born as a swan.1 He grew up to become the leader of a great flock of swans. They were known as the Dhatarattha clan. Their feathers were the…
The Christmas Angels, by Risa Levenson Gold with Artwork by Jean Zaleski
By Risa Levenson Gold with Artwork by Jean Zaleski It was…
Ceremony, an Aztec myth, By Fray Juan de Torquemada and Translated by David Johnson
Tezcatlipoca from the Codex Borgia They…
Sarabha-miga Jataka, The Noble Stag, Retold by Margo McLoughlin
A Deer Hunt. c.1775 from Kotah, Rajasthan, India. Pigments on…
Tsunemasa, Retold by Kenneth Lawrence with Artwork by Kumiko Lawrence
Artwork by Kumiko Lawrence Attributed to…
The Moon is Like a Boyand the Sun is Like a Girl
And God created the two great luminaries… the great light……