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I always enjoy creating art for my friends Kevin & James at Arte de La Vida... This fall, they are featuring works by local artists honoring the spirits of deceased pets. The art featured on the card is called "Into My Dreams Tonight", by Robin West.  |
La Corua
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* La Corua was a large water serpent that lived in springs of water and protected them. It had a cross on its forehead and cleaned the veins of water with its teeth. According to Sonoran folk beliefs, if one killed the Corua, the spring would dry up. Vanishing water sources and economic pressures in Mexico have pushed the folktale of La Corua to the dustbin of history on both sides of the border.
Serpents have long been sacred to indigenous peoples throughout the Americas and are respected as guardians of water sources and bringers of rain. * Beliefs and Holy Places - A Spiritual Geography of the Pimeria Alta - James S. Griffith, University of Arizona Press, 1992 |