The Museum of Legends and Traditions in León, Nicaragua was built in an old prison, where those who spoke out against the Somoza regime were tortured in a not so distant past. Somoza was elected president after the revolution in the 1930's, who, one short year after becoming elected, killed Sandino and became a dictator. Side note, Somoza's final successor was removed from the country and then heavily killed. A grenade launcher was somewhere in the mix.
Memories of pain and death roamed the cells and other rooms inside the museum, which were also physically filled with characters from legends. Many adjectives could describe these characters, except for ones like comforting, or heart-warming. We did not have a guide, so perhaps some of them were supposed to be comforting. Anything with a description was decidedly not, though.
Memories of pain and death roamed the cells and other rooms inside the museum, which were also physically filled with characters from legends. Many adjectives could describe these characters, except for ones like comforting, or heart-warming. We did not have a guide, so perhaps some of them were supposed to be comforting. Anything with a description was decidedly not, though.
Perhaps these are the wolves of La Loba, who collects bones. When she has a full skeleton, she sits and thinks of a song. When the song comes, she sings it, and musles, sinews, and flesh form over the bones. I love love love Clarissa Pinkola Estés's rendition of the story in her brilliant book, Women Who Run with the Wolves.