Curime and Nochari

A Legend of Love

José Ramirez Sáizar
Translated by Richard Jenssen

There once was a tribe of Indians called the Tarascos, who lived on Janitzio, an enchanted isle in Lake Pátzcuaro, México. They fished, warred on occasion with neighboring tribes, and produced exquisite ceramic pottery, jewelry and feather adornments.

The Tarasco warriors delighted in the distant triumphs of the Nahuas, the Aztecs, the Popolocas, the Otomíes and the Chorotegas.