Butterfly Stories

Whisper your secret wish to a Butterfly
and it will carry your desire to Great Spirit to be granted.
Having given this sweet creature to the Universe,
your wishes will be fulfilled in return.

For the ancient Greeks, the transformation of Butterfly
from pupa to adult was a metaphor
of the soul's resurrection and immortality.

Native Americans embroidered Butterflies
onto their children's caps to bring sweet dreams.

Tzutujil Mayans in Guatemala speak of simultaneous Twin Realities: the world of dreams and the world of work.
These worlds are likened to the opposing wings of a Butterfly: the dream world is one wing, and the awake world is the other.
They believe the wings must connect at the Heart for the Butterfly to fly and live. Real life occurs because of the interaction of the wings.
The Life is the Butterfly's Heart.
Life, like the Butterfly's Heart, is kept alive by the two opposing, mirroring twinlike wings.