http://corncommentary.com/2008/11/26/indian-corn-legend/ The blog about U.S. corn, corn products, and the family farmers behind it all. Sat, 19 May 2012 01:03:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://corncommentary.com/2008/11/26/indian-corn-legend/comment-page-1/#comment-2093 Bettye Humphries Sat, 17 Jan 2009 05:53:13 +0000 http://corncommentary.com/?p=801#comment-2093 Years ago I heard the story that the stranger was dressed in apparel that resembled an ear of corn---a green coat and blond hair and that he sacrificed himself by telling the indians to bury him ---thus the corn was their gift. I have a book of American Indian Myths and Legends edited by Erdoes and Ortiz, published by Pantheon that has a story, Corn Mother. A beautiful maiden was sent to the people. She married The Great nephew and became the first Mother. When hunger gripped the family, she wept and told her husband to kill her and have their sons drag her body back and forth across the field until her flesh was all dragged off; then they were to return in seven moons at which time they noticed this beautiful plant which they dined on. Another plant was her breath; it was the gift of tobacco. Years ago I heard the story that the stranger was dressed in apparel that resembled an ear of corn—a green coat and blond hair and that he sacrificed himself by telling the indians to bury him —thus the corn was their gift. I have a book of American Indian Myths and Legends edited by Erdoes and Ortiz, published by Pantheon that has a story, Corn Mother. A beautiful maiden was sent to the people. She married The Great nephew and became the first Mother. When hunger gripped the family, she wept and told her husband to kill her and have their sons drag her body back and forth across the field until her flesh was all dragged off; then they were to return in seven moons at which time they noticed this beautiful plant which they dined on. Another plant was her breath; it was the gift of tobacco.

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