The story was the important thing and little changes here and there were really part of the story. There were even stories about the different versions of stories and how they imagined the differing versions came to be.
Leslie Marmon SilkoI will tell you something about stories . . . They aren't just entertainment. Don't be fooled. They are all we have, you see, all we have to fight off illness and death.
Leslie Marmon Silkothe material world and the flesh are only temporary - there are no sins of the flesh, spirit is everything!
Leslie Marmon Silko