Dragon's Eye Adventures

Seahorses for "Yemaya's Gardens"

Dragon's Eye Adventures is offering five mysteries for the 2021 summer season. The final three weeks are all full, but there is still space in the first two sessions. With low enrollment and waitlists for the other three sessions, I am expanding that enrollment to include detectives entering grades 7 and 8 as well.

Session I features a story called "Ship of Fools." This mystery draws on folklore from Russia and Ukraine. The story explores what kind of leadership it takes to steer a celestial vessel safely through the skies.

Two delightful chickens will help the detectives search out the malevolent force that has taken over the flying ship once owned by a wise king. Who better to help restore balance than a couple of chickens?

Session II focuses on "Yemaya's Gardens." It explores Afro-Caribbean myths about the Orishas who immigrated to the Caribbean when their followers were brought to the region as enslaved people.

In our story, Yemaya was a goddess of the river who evolved into an Orisha of the entire sea. She has cultivated a home for herself in the Jardines de la Reina, the Gardens of the Queen.

Our mystery calls for a search and rescue of Yemaya's beloved seahorse, so we will be exploring marine life in the Caribbean Sea, and learning how an African river queen finds a new home and life for herself and her beloved people.