Authors: Lillo Parra (script) and Jefferson Costa (illustrations)

Pages: 68 (extra content available)

Full color

Target audience age: above 6 years old

Keywords: Children – Myths – Indigenous – Fantasy

Synopsis: In times long past, when the world was still learning to be a world, the charms of the most beautiful Kunhã that ever existed reached even the mighty Kurasi, the Sun God, who fell in love with her. This saddened Iasi, the Moon Goddess, causing her silent suffering. But the love of Kurasi and Amantikir was dangerous for life on Earth, as the days grew long and hot, and the rivers began to dry up. The peoples of the Earth had little choice but to seek help from the Gods… and they answered the call.

The myth of the weeping mountain is told in this story through an unlikely encounter between Mariá, a four-year-old girl, and an old indigenous woman. Lost in the mountains on a dark and perilous night, Mariá is taken in by the old and mysterious indigenous woman, who, under the light of fireflies, tells her the myths of her people. The old and the new, the clash of generations and cultures, is presented to the reader through the child’s naive perspective and the ancient words of the old indigenous woman.

About Jefferson Costa

Jefferson Costa is one of the most important and influential Brazilian comic book artists today. Born in São Paulo in 1979, he works as an illustrator, designer, and animator. Highly awarded, Jefferson Costa has been honored with the most prestigious comic book awards in Brazil, being a four-time winner of the HQ Mix Trophy, a two-time winner of the Jabuti Award, and a one-time winner of the Angelo Agostini Award.