Antelope Woman: An Apache Folktale

Type

Book

Authors

Lacapa, Michael

ISBN 10

0873585437

ISBN 13

9780873585439

Tags

Literature & Fiction, Folklore & Mythology

Description

This beautiful Apache tale features a mysterious young man who comes to a village speaking of reverence for all things great and small. A Young woman, mesmerized by his teachings, follows him one day as he leaves the village and sees him disappear into the trees and through four sacred hoops. When he emerges from the fourth hoop, he is an antelope. He beckons her to follow, and she does.

Antelope Woman is a story that teaches us about love and the need to honor family and all life. It tells us why the Apache people never hunt or kill antelope.

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