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Murasaki Shikibu, Royall Tyler (trans), Minora Sugai (illustrator). The Tale of Genji. Penguin Classics, 2003 (源氏物語 [Genji Monogatari], 1008). http://www.metameat.net/2018/12/30/1456

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Texts and images copyright (C) 2022 Pauline Kerschen. Layout adapted from the Single A Tumblr theme by businessbullpen. The Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) has zygodactylic feet, leaving X-shaped tracks with ambiguous direction. The Pueblo and Hopi used the X symbol to mislead evil spirits. Border folklore in the early twentieth century held that a roadrunner would lead a lost traveler back to his path. In Mexico the roadrunner is known as paisano, countryman.