The Americas is home to an abundance of storytelling that existed for millennia well before the arrival of Europeans onto our soil. Its complexity and visionary splendor reflect the diversity of languages, cosmologies, and geographical contexts from which their stories emerged ranging from the icy tundra of Alaska, to the plains and mountainous regions of the eastern seaboard, to the dense jungles of Mesoamerica, the Caribbean and the Amazon, and terminating at the southern tip of South America. Indigenous stories have not died, but in fact are still with us. For example, “La Llorona,” or the “Crying Woman,” still told today by many mothers to their children, has its origins in Aztec culture and in the legend of Cihuateteo, or “Divine Women.” Indigenous storytelling often makes use of archetypal features, such as the Hero’s journey; a mythical underworld of ungodly creatures; transformation of humans into animals with special powers; and, the ability to resurrect oneself from the dead. They can especially be found in the Popol Vuh, the epic story created by the Mayans in which two Hero Twins must descend into Xibalba to play ball in order to create the universe. Increasingly Indigenous storytelling is popular in contemporary culture, ranging from movies, animation, literary works, and visual arts, appealing to writers, and artists/illustrators in search of new content outside of the Western canon.