Sky Beings
Sky Beings
Present since the day of creation,
They define the firmament
Populating the night sight sky
In ever changing relationships
As Galileo’s sphere revolves on it axis
Only to reappear for the same journey each night.
The focus of fascination and the focus of anthropomorphism
They populate Native American myths and legends
Recited around the dancing, leaping fires as they send their sparks skyward
In the otherwise ink black night.
The above people, sky beings,
Were venerated in those stories which draw us
Both inward and outward to the wonder suspended above.
One can only imagine and try to recreate the scene, the stories of
“How fisher went to the sky land” (Ojibwe)
“The quillwork girl and her seven brothers” (Cheyenne)
“They that case after the bear” (Fox)
“Women who married star husbands” (Chippewa)
“How Spirit dog made the milky way”.
These among the others,
Give breath and wonder and magic in the silent night darkness
To the sky beings above.
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