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     Turtle Island Series

    According to American Indian mythology . . . from a tiny clump of dirt or mud the Earth ‘grew’ on the back of a Turtle.

    Turtle Island is a name for the North American continent as well as the Earth in numerous American Indian and worldwide mythologies and origin-stories, including Hindu, Chinese, and Australian aborigines.Turtle2

    After reading Robert Savino’s manuscript in 2008 it occurred to me that it was time to build on a theme and officially start a Turtle Island Series. Thus, these books are connected by an overall guiding totem, rather than any particular story-line of content.

    The Turtle Island Series’ overall aim, along with providing quality literature, is to raise awareness of and help protect Turtle Island aka Mother Earth and all those along for the ride.
     

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 (Oct. 2004)
The money from sales of Singing an Epic of Peace is donated to::
the Cheyenne River Sioux (Lakota) in South Dakota
http://www.sioux.org
and
the Shinnecock Nation’s Cultural Center and Museum on Long Island, NY
www.shinnecockmuseum.org
www.shinnecocknation.com

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Inside a Turtle Shell - Turtle Island Series #2

  poems by Robert Savino
 

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                             Singing an Epic of Peace
                               COVER ART SYMBOLS 
 
          
TOP:
From ancient Egypt: ATEN’S DISK
a Solar disk with extending rays (arms with hands.) The Sun is ‘born’ each day, nourishes the Earth, and shines on all.
 
LEFT:
This TURTLE is a composite of turtle-shapes chosen from various cultures that have some connection with the ‘symbolic colors or Races’. The associations of direction and elements vary with
cultures and traditions.

The Black Race (African), associated with the direction West, element Water— (shell-shape of an ancient Egyptian river turtle.)
 
The White Race (Anglo/European), associated with the North, element Fire— (the text-book drawing of a turtle’s head.)

The Red Race (American Indian), associated with the East, element Earth—
(an Hawaiian sea turtle’s front arms, from petroglyphs.)

The (Yellow) or Gold Race (Asian), associated with the South, element Air— (ancient Chinese pictograph of quartered shell-grid - Tortoise)

This Whole-Turtle portrays the Four colors of the ‘primary’ or ‘symbolic’ Races, as well as the natural progression of Alchemy—Black to White to Red to Gold.)

RIGHT:
Ancient Chinese pictograph:
Bird (above) + Mountain (below) = ISLAND
                                                                        
A “Bird” resting on a “Mountain” (or rock on the Ocean,) thus represents the word “Island”.

As souls we are able to fly anywhere, yet in human form, we make our home on Earth, or as American Indian lore and other world mythologies say: Turtle Island.

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