WUNZH, THE FATHER OF INDIAN CORN -An American Indian Legend: Baba Indaba Children's Series - Issue 191

ISSN: 2397-9607 Issue 191

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In this 191st issue of the Baba Indaba?s Children's Stories series, Baba Indaba narrates the tale of ?Wunzh the Father of (American) Indian Corn.?

A poor American Indian was living, with his wife and children, in a beautiful part of the country. He was not only poor, but he had the misfortune to be inexpert in procuring food for his family, and his children were all too young to give him assistance.

When Wunzh, his eldest son, was ready to enter the rights of passge from child to adulthood, he undertook to clear his heart of every evil thought, and to think of nothing that was not good, and beautiful, and kindly

Wunzh entered the ritual fast and on the third day became weak and faint. In this state Wunzh had a vision..................??. Download and read this story to find out who and what appeared to Wunzh in his vision and what revelations were shown to Wunzh which were to change his, and his family?s lives, forever.

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INCLUDES LINKS TO DOWNLOAD 8 FREE STORIES

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Each issue also has a "WHERE IN THE WORLD - LOOK IT UP" section, where young readers are challenged to look up a place on a map somewhere in the world. The place, town or city is relevant to the story.

HINT - use Google maps.

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Baba Indaba is a fictitious Zulu storyteller who narrates children's stories from around the world. Baba Indaba translates as "Father of Stories".

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It is believed that folklore and tales are believed to have originated in India and made their way overland along the Silk and Spice routes and through the Middle East and Central Asia before arriving in Europe. Even so, this does not cover all folklore from all four corners of the world. Indeed folklore, legends and myths from Africa, Australia, Polynesia, and some from Asia too, can be altogether quite different and seem to have originated on the whole from separate reservoirs of lore, legend and culture.