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On 25/01/07, Bob Marcacci <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> the god of music and poetry
> took the form of a hummingbird and descended
> into the underworld to make love to a goddess
> who then gave birth to the first flower
>
> a hummingbird brought back a flower
>
> the hummingbird gets smoke from a caterpillar
>
> the hummingbird brings smoke to the shaman to purify
>
> one man and woman became a hummingbird
> and a red flower
>
> in fields of spring flowers
> he would approach her and whisper magical secrets
>
> the hummingbird¹s bright colors came after it
> flew through a rainbow in search of rainclouds
>
> a hummingbird taught a woman
> how to weave a basket
>
> hummingbirds are dead ancestors
>
> the hummingbird is the sun in disguise
> trying to court the moon
>
> hummingbird feathers hasten rebirth
>
> two hummingbirds were created
> from feathers of other birds
>
> a hummingbird pierced
> the tongue of an ancient king
>
> when people lived underground
> the hummingbird found a path to sunlight
>
> a hummingbird was sent
> to find out what was above the sky
>
> a medicine man turned himself into a hummingbird
>
> the hummingbird zigzags
>
> hummingbirds convinced the gods to bring rain
>
> a hummingbird flew to the center of the earth
> pleaded with the goddess of fertility
>
> the hummingbird never lost
> faith in the great mother
>
>
> snatched these words from hummingbird.com and a collection of hummingbird
> myths by Larry Gates... my new favorite critter!
>
> --
> Bob Marcacci
>
> We learn from history that we do not learn from history.
> - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
>