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TATTOO DESIGNS & SYMBOLS - HUMMINGBIRD TATTOOS
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"HUMMINGBIRD: A minor character in American Indian folktale and
mythology. The northern Paiute Indians [U.S. Great Basin area] say that Hummingbird
once filled his pants full of seeds and started on a journey to see
what was beyond the sun. He ate only one seed a day, but had to turn
back because his food gave out. He didn't see anything. In eastern
Brazil, Hummingbird is the character who hoarded water so that the
people had none at all until the Caingang and Botocudo Indians
released it.
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Since pre-Conquest times the hummingbird has been considered by many
Middle American [Central America] peoples to have supernatural
powers. Today it is esteemed by many as a love charm. A dead
hummingbird may be worn around the neck in a little bag, to give the
wearer the power to attract members of the opposite sex, or it may
be dried and a little powder dropped into the drink of the person
whose love is desired." |
Dr. George M. Foster, in Funk & Wagnalls Standard
Dictionary of Folklore Mythology and Legend, (1949)
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