3 sisters.

From: Art Culinaire | Date: September 22, 2003 | Copyright information

"... and so the GIANT turkey flew over their HEADS, and that is how our ancestors got BLUE CORN."

LIKE MANY NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS, THIS ACCOUNT OF a natural phenomenon seems somewhat farfetched. There is one myth, however, that is based on sound nutritional principles. It speaks of three sister spirits--sibling goddesses that could never bear to be separated. Each sister symbolized and protected one of the three sacred crops of the Native Americans: corn, beans, and squash. So that their spirits would always remain inseparable, the three sisters were planted, cooked, and ...

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