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The Plains of Passage describes the journey of Ayla and Jondalar west along the Great Mother River (the Danube), from the home of The Mammoth Hunters (roughly modern Ukraine) to Jondalar's homeland (close to Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France). During this journey, Ayla meets the various peoples who live along their line of march.
The journey to the west was pleasant, but there were dangers and challenges along the route. There were diseases: cholera, measles, smallpox, and dysentery. Children were crushed under the covered wagon wheels, people drowned in rivers, were lost, starved, killed by Native Americans (very few settlers), froze to death, trampled by buffalo, or ...
Ayla now searches for her own people, whom the Clan refer to as "the Others". In a parallel narrative, Jondalar , a young Cro-Magnon man of the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii , accompanies his impetuous younger half-brother Thonolan on a traditional rite of passage called the Great Journey.
Observing Ayla's affinity with horses and wolves, Mamut begins to introduce her into the ranks of the Mamuti (mystics). Mamut is also one of the first to become aware of Ayla's unique upbringing. Many years ago, while on the Journey that all young men take for a rite of passage , he broke his arm, and was healed by the medicine woman of Ayla's ...
In this three-part book, Ayla is 20 (in part 1), about 23 (in part 2) and 26 (in part 3) and is training to become a spiritual leader for the Zelandonii. [3] Most of the first and second parts of the book involve Ayla's acolyte training to become Zelandoni. The third part of the book contains most of the action of the story and plot line.
Metal Lord of the West (西方太白金德真君), often referred to as Taibai Jinxing (太白金星; 'Great White Golden Star') in the novel, shows up occasionally to help the protagonists deal with yaoguai.
Model of the Monkey King's homeland on Mount Huaguo, at Mount Huaguo (Jiangsu).. Mount Huaguo (traditional Chinese: 花 果 山; pinyin: Huāguǒ Shān; Wade–Giles: Hua 1 kuo 3 Shan 1; Japanese: Kakazan; Vietnamese: Hoa Quả Sơn) or Flowers and Fruit Mountain, is a major area featured in the novel Journey to the West (16th century).
While Christmas may be around the corner, Ayla Tesler-Mabé’s musical journey is more akin to Valentine’s Day. For Ayla, the video game Rock Band acted as cupid, introducing her to playing ...