In flowers just like as in fire

The hummingbird deity in Amerindian and the winged god in universal mythology.

This is the book in which Alfredo Mires shows his extensive and meticulous research with which he practically pays homage to this fantastic, mythical and real character, the hummingbird.

In the prologue, Don Grimaldo Rengifo says that Alfredo has raised and brought to the present, the company of the legendary Nazca Hummingbird. In this book, Alfredo presents us with testimonies, stories, verses, images and even morphological details, so varied, of this marvellous being. He tells us where to find them and by what names to call them, according to the place where they lives and reign.

In this research, published in 2004 by Bibliotecas Rurales, we can discover what the quindecito, as Alfredo lovingly calls them, means for his own life and for the life of the community. It shows the presence of the winged deity, particularly the hummingbird, in American mythology. The research presents myths and other references in which the hummingbird appears as a sacred principle, as well as the role in contemporary iconography and the result of the direct observations that Alfredo himself made of the hummingbirds, in his daily contemplations. It also rescue traditions: tales, myths, legends, poetry and images, from different authors and artists, and, of course, also his own, because Alfredo always enjoyed drawing quindecitos, elaborating sketches, creating and recreating.

To learn more and to enchant us with the hummingbird, Alfredo left us a beautiful legacy: Así en las flores como en el fuego.