American Indian Healing Arts: The Little People

"The Little People can be found throughout American Indian folklore.  They are mysterious changelings who can appear as salmon, fireflies, mosquitoes, or medicine plants.  They are shape-shifters, emerging as wood dwarfs peering out of a living tree, a face in stone, or a presence in the water or soil.
"The native Hawaiians have the Menehunes, who are magical stonemasons, always creating special things in their Pacific Island archipelago and then suddenly disappearing.  They lead healers to special medicine plants and reveal secrets of healing.
"Some say the Kokopelli, the prehistoric humpbacked flute player pictured in stone throughout the desert Southwest, was a little dancing storyteller.  S'he charmed the animals and plants for the First People to help them survive in earliest times.  Certainly Kokopelli, pictured everywhere now, is the ultimate survivor.
"And Cherokee children hear about the Thunderers, Yunwi Tsunsdi, who have been dancing and drumming in the Great Smoky Mountains for thousands of years.  They control the mushrooms and medicine plants, and manage the game animals -- and some say they manage the people, too.  The Thunderers bring knowledge of healing to chosen people in their dreams.

I  am looking forward to traveling.  In the foreseeable future;

Perhaps even as soon as next year.

Preferably with a partner, but I've done it alone.

There are always opportunities to find inspiration in people.

Strangers, friends, dangers, just be careful who you choose;

Some folks be flippin crazy.