13. Ol' Candle Hands (and why you should be nice to dragonflies)

This week Janey is going to tell us the story of The Daughter of the Sun and why we shouldn't play with fire, and Max is going to wow us with the Mayan mythology of Ix Chel, goddess of the moon. 

Janey’s Sources - The Daughter of the Sun 

• “Tales of Superhuman Powers: 55 Traditional Stories from Around the World” by Csenga Virag Zalka 

Max’s Sources - Ix Chel

• “Who Was the Mayan Goddess Ixchel?” 
• “Ixchel Mayan Goddess” 
• “A Legend of One Goddess”
• “Ix Chel” from Gods and Goddesses
• “IxChel and the Dragonflies” from Tres Cuentos Literary Podcast 
• “The Moon in the Well: Wisdom Tales to Transform Your Life, Family, and Community” by Erica Helen Meade 
• “The Mayan Pantheon: The Many Gods of the Maya” by Joshua J. Mark for World History Encyclopedia

Chapters

• 6:29 The Daughter of the Sun (Janey)
• 33:24 Mayan Mythology: Ix Chel (Max)