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emmanuelg ([personal profile] emmanuelg) wrote in [personal profile] ecosophia 2025-05-19 08:34 am (UTC)

Moon the Transformer - Ballard, Mythology of Puget Sound

Hi all,
The story of Moon the Transformer is now on the Internet Archive, for those who want to read it. Here's a link:

https://archive.org/details/puget-sound-mythology-ballard-19290003/page/68/mode/2up

I've been reading Aboriginal stories of the Transformer to get an idea of the character of the Transformer Archetype, currently at work in the US political system.
In this one, Transformer/Moon goes through the land asking, "What are you doing?" He takes away the weapons of large and dangerous creatures who oppose him, and transforms them into things that will be helpful to humans, when the humans come.
Thus, I'm hoping that the Transformer is using the unwitting and highly suggestible Don T to bring about changes that will someday result in an environment where humans can live.
Is this possibly what the Transformer is about?


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