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Tales Told by the Fireside
By the Gangrel of the british Isles and Eire
As recalled by Qualin Hess, Wilderness blood of the Cammarilla, Journeymann of Eire
A Tale Of The Ghost Dance told by Joe, Wilderness blood of The Camarilla Prince of London |
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Eagle, the supreme spirit, wanted to create children.
So he created three children, two boy's and a girl.
They created more children, and in time there were many, many children everywhere on earth. It seems that no one ever died. More and more children were created, and soon the world was becoming much too crowded.
Everyone pondered the question of what could be done about the crowded conditions on earth?
Then some children died! The people were very sad to lose those children. They said to each other, "Let us not die, let us not die!" Buy Coyote replied, "People must die, people must die!"
In their hearts, the people were disturbed about what Coyote kept saying. Now they secretly wished that Coyote's children might die. Perhaps then he would understand somewhat of how they felt.
A few years passed, when all of Coyote's children died. Coyote wanted so much to bring them back to life. He even followed his children's spirit to the land where the Ghosts danced about a fire. There he watched the spectacular cavortings of the Ghosts dancing continuously, enjoying their frolic.
Coyote built his own fire of wild parsnips to attract his children.
When the Ghost clan smelled the burning parsnips, they could not stand the aroma and gave Coyote's children back to him.
They returned happily to their homeland. On their way, Coyote was so very delighted to have his children with him. Coyote asked, "What wish would you like to have me grant you?"
"Father, you must never scold us," replied the children.
All was happiness for many years, no one scolded Coyote's children. Then he forgot and scolded them, and they died a second time.
Again Coyote went to the Land of the Ghost Dance. Again the Ghosts saw Coyote return and said, "Go back, go back to your home and return the day after tomorrow to see your children."
Joyous at the future prospect of seeing his children again, Coyote practically danced all the way home. Because he was tired from the excitement of his journey, Coyote lay down to rest when he reached his roundhouse.
The next day, when Coyote's children returned to him the roundhouse fire sprang up and began to catch everything else on fire. Coyote went to his children and took them into his arms.
As he did so, his children's eyes opened and they came back to life. As they awoke, they exclaimed, "The country is on fire."
The country was now indeed on fire.
The fire spread with a great roar and began to consume everything in its path. Coyote told his children to go to the Land of the Ghost Dance, where they would be safe while the world burned.
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