Harriet Rohmer Books
Land of the icy death
Retells the story of Na Ha and how he destroyed the underwater creatures who terrorized the Yahgan Indians.
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The treasure of Guatavita
The three-part story of Guatavita's treasure parallels stages of Colombian civilization.
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Legend of Food Mountain
An Aztec legend recounting how a giant red ant helped the ancient god, Quetzalcoatl, bring corn to the first, hungry people of the earth.
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How we came to the fifth world
An Aztec myth recounting the creation and destruction of the world by the deities of the four great elements.
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Atariba & Niguayona
A Taino Indian legend about a young boy and his search for the healing caimoni tree.
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The invisible hunters
This Miskito Indian legend set in seventeenth-century Nicaragua illustrates the impact of the first European traders on traditional life.
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