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This page includes some exhibited Taino inspired artworks by Michael Auld, and are based on research into the mythologies found in Jamaica and the Caribbean's Indigenous cultures.

"IguanaBoina"_The Taino concept of the iguana sun and the black snake raincloud. Our source of life. (jpg)

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"Guabancex" is te Angry Woman goddess, Rider of the Winds or the hurakan/hurricane. Seen as an "S", (jpg)

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"Mucaru Bohiti," an owl-shaman, shapeshifting into the Watchman Owl, "He Who Does Not Blink". (jpg)

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"Aracoel", He Who Does Not Blink is the watchman placed in front of Cacibajagua the Cave of Creation (jpg)

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Rubberball Player_uses "Quic", latex sap to make the Olmec-invented rubber ball, and the ballgame. (jpg)

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The Guahayona Story of the First Shaman who brings sacred tobacco & takes the prideful women away, (jpg)

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ANACAONA, Queen of Jaragua in Haiti, The first martyr of the Caribbean, (jpg)

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Jamaica’s 7+ Traditional Storylines

Jamaica does not have Halloween, but there are ghost stories galore!

Have you ever heard of a ROLLING CALF? Jamaica has a long history of storytelling, from the early Indigenous Yamaye Taino to later intrigues. This blog is intended to introduce the reader to my Jamaican homeland's storytelling tradition.

Some links in the blog, are to additional relevant in-depth information.

Click on the Downloads below, then follow this link to read the stories:

Students can follow the attached

MULTIETHNIC LESSON PLAN
https://jamaicananansistories.blogspot.com/2022/11/jamaicas-7-storylines.html?zx=3f46994f30986174

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Jamaica’s 7+ Traditional Storylines

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VIDEO: How the Caribbean Sea was created.

Jamaica’s 7+ Traditional Storylines

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