Discover the Siekopai myth of the air goblins, spirits who fly and control the winds, as they clash with the human world.



Deep in the Amazon rainforest in the river Nea’ocoyá lived a school of particularly big and tasty fish. When the rains came and the water rose the fish appeared, and swam away as the waters fell. Villagers along the river followed them to a lagoon and set up camp. But their young shaman soon sensed they might not be completely alone. Nathan D. Horowitz details the Siekopai myth of the air goblins.

Lesson by Nathan D. Horowitz, directed by Yijia Cao & Mohammad Babakoohi.

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