Folktales in Trinidad, don’t begin ‘Once upon at time…,’ they begin ‘Crik Crak, Monkey break he back…’
In an illustrative mood, I depicted scenes beginnning with Greek Mythology and ending in Trindadian Folktales.
Meet Mother Lakshmi, the Hindu Goddess who brings prosperity and wealth, the evil La Diablesse, who is cursed with one hoof and the sly Douennes, condemned children who have died before being baptised.