Why Leaves Change Color in Autumn
According to Wyandot legend, the changing colors of autumn leaves are the result of a great battle between the summer spirits and the winter spirits. Every autumn, the giant who rules the North Wind comes down from his cold kingdom and fights with the spirit of summer. During the battle, the leaves are bruised and battered, turning yellow, red, and orange from the struggle. The frost giants paint the remaining leaves with ice colors before stripping them from the trees entirely. Another version says that when the Thunders retreat south for the winter, their departing tears fall on the leaves,