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In the book "The Pueblo Storyteller', Barbara Babcock and Guy and Doris Monthan date figurative pottery in the Southwest to perhaps as early 300 B.C. and certainly as early as 400 A.D. among the Anasazi, the predecessors of today's Pueblo Indians. Helen Cordero was born in 1915 and in the 1950s she was making "Singing Mother" figures. These were sitting female figures holding one or two children on their laps. They were quite popular and were made by many Cochiti potters. In 1964, Helen Cordero made the innovation which would prove to be a milestone in figurative pottery. Instead of the traditional female figure, she modeled one after her grandfather, Santiago Quintana. The grandfather storyteller, his mouth open and five children clinging to him, was an endearing figure and the public sought more. We have learned that Helen Cordero believes that the true storyteller is a male figure, and that female figures are properly called "Singing Mothers." As their creator she certainly is an authority on the subject of storytellers, but the form she began has taken on a life of its own. More and more people are making storytellers, at Cochiti, the surrounding pueblos, and even from other peoples like the Navajo, Blackfoot, and Hispanics. The term "storyteller" has become generic and is used to describe not only male figures, but females. The legacy of the storytellers are real. En el libro, "The Storyteller Pueblo “ (El Narrador del Pueblo), Bárbara Babcock, y Guy y Doris Monthan fijan la fecha de la cerámica figurativa en el suroeste de USA desde el año 300 A.C. al 400 D.C. entre los Anasazi, los antecesores de los Pueblo Indígenas de hoy. Helen Cordero nació en 1915 y en la década de 1950 ella comenzó a hacer figuras femeninas sentadas y contando cuento a los niños. Estos se hicieron muy populares y Helen comenzó a crear figuras con un abuelo. Muchos alfareros de Cochiti y otros pueblos comenzaron con la misma tradición de poner una figura masculina. El narrador abuelo, con la boca abierta y sus cinco hijos aferrándose a él, era una figura entrañable y admirada. Hemos aprendido que Helen Cordero cree que el verdadero narrador es una figura masculina, y que las figuras femeninas son llamados "Cantando Madres." Como su creador que sin duda es una autoridad en el tema de los narradores. Más pueblos están creando narradores, en Cochiti, los pueblos circundantes, e incluso de otros pueblos, como los navajos, pies negros y los hispanos. El término "narrador", ha pasado a ser genérico y se utiliza para describir figuras no sólo mujeres pero también varones. La historia de los narradores son verídicas. Please, click to end .