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TSONOQUA (DZUNUKWA)

Richard Tylman, "Tsonoqua", 1994, oil on canvas, 59" x 56"

Black as soot, with deep-set eyes, smacking lips and long pendulous breasts Tsonoqua belongs to the family of giants living in the mountainous forests of Coastal British Columbia. She controls the magical Water of Life, clumsily spilling it around as though by good fortune. She is the all consuming Tsonoqua who kidnaps children wandering in her woods, to eat.       Bare-breasted and alluring, with a house filled with riches, Tsonoqua captivates the attention of those who wish to outsmart her and steal from her coffers. Their quest for wealth and power will lead to mental anguish and unhappiness. Thus, all obsessive desires like greed, or the hunger for children felt by Tsonoqua - who's seen by some as vain and stupid - are not a laughing matter. Copyright © by the author Spirit of Swai-Xway | Back to Gallery | Richard Tylman painting in Krakow, 1979 | About the Author | Poetry Featured | The Latest Poem Update | Photo album - Our kind of town | View Guestbook | Poetry in Polish / Wiersze polskie | Home page / Strona domowa

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