Author: J & P Voelkel
Week : 12/16/13
Prompt: What object is important? Draw it. Write an explanation for why you feel it is
important.
One object that is important is the sacred jaguar stones. These objects are really important thorough out the book. They are importnat because of the great story of Friar Diego De Landa of Spain. The story goes like this "One day a sea chest waiting on the dock bore the crest of Friar Diego De Landa. Diego De Landa was the curse of the Maya. He tortured us, he burned are books, he told people we were savages. He took everything from us." That was the story of when Friar Diego De Landa went to San Xavier and to the Puerto Muerto now comes how he got the Jaguar stones. "Among the ill-gotten gains in Landa's sea chest were 2 of a sacred jaguar stones" which De Landa had taken from are Mayan ancestors here in San Xavier. " De Landa set sail the the ship Espada on a perfect day to send the jaguar stones to spain but as the tale goes it never made it. The ship was lost some think it sank to the underworld because of the weight of the jaguar stones others think it sank to the bottom of the ocean. Who knows but with the jaguar stones gone San Xavier lost hope and its rained ever since."
The Jaguar stones
The Jaguar stone are 5 ancient mayan stones shaped to look like jaguars. When there near you you get the feeling that your in the jungle. A warm breeze gets to you and it smells like jungle. They can come in 5 colors. When you look at the jaguar stone it looks like its snarling at you even in the primitive style of art its in. Its like the stone is alive it looks like it has so much energy and life.
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