![]() ![]() ![]() This allegory of Pueblo initiation rites seems to be intended as much for adults as for children. His return to the pueblo is celebrated by the people in a Dance of Life. Having survived lions, serpents, bees, and lightning, the youth is acknowledged by his solar father and, "filled with the power of the sun," returns to earth. Standing at last in the presence of his divine father, the boy has to prove himself by undergoing a series of trials, which are essentially rites of initiation, though they are not so designated. The boy, ostracized because he has no father, goes in search of his progenitor. The story is about a boy conceived by an earthly maiden from a spark of life from the Lord of the Sun. The narrative, based on a Pueblo Indian myth, is terse and straightforward, employing a vocabulary that, for the most part, is within the range of most schoolchildren, though not preschoolers. ![]() The geometrical design-motifs are unmistakably derived from Southwest Indian patterns and are highly stylized, but their abstract qualities have been personalized and come across as vital and dramatic. ![]() McDermott's Arrow to the Sun is a graphic production of exceptional power and beauty. ![]()
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