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The Land of Painted Caves (Earth's Children 6)

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Teen Pregnancy: She's said to be only around thirteen years old and is already expecting her first child. Although she's regarded as quite young to be having a baby, she's unconcerned and considered herself blessed (though it is mentioned part of this could be due to pregnancy hormones). Shared Family Quirks: Ayla notes that when he's worried, his forehead knots in the same way his brother Jondalar's does when he's fretting over something. Whether accurately or not, Auel has incorporated sex into her prehistoric culture in a number of unique ways. While neither Clan nor Other society requires monogamy, a major difference is that in the former, sex can be treated as a purely physical need, whereas in the latter, it is always imbued with something of the sacred. For the Others, nothing is more abhorrent than the idea of sex without consent, and sexual rituals form a significant part of their culture. A boy from the South Holding of the Twenty-ninth Cave. He gets involved in a scandalous situation due to having had sex with a girl named Janida before her First Rites and

Maya Mavjee, president and publisher of the Crown Publishing Group, said “The Land Of Painted Caves is a brilliant achievement by one of the world’s most beloved authors. Jean M. Auel’s millions of fans, who have been eagerly awaiting the next installment of the epic story of Ayla and Jondalar, will not be disappointed by this stirring and satisfying finale.” Auel’s longtime agent Jean Naggar added: “Once again, the launch of this latest book in Jean Auel’s unique series promises to be an international extravaganza. Working with this extraordinary author and series from its beginnings has been a great personal and professional pleasure. The Land Of Painted Caves is a triumph and a wonderful read.” [ citation needed] Jondalar frowned at his brother, then grinned sheepishly. "Yes she is, but, as dangerous as they are, I always hate to kill a cave lion if I don't have to. They are so beautiful, so lithe and graceful in the way they move. Cave lions don't have much to be afraid of. Their strength gives them confidence." He glanced at Ayla with a glint of pride and love. "I always thought Ayla's Cave Lion totem was right for her." Discomfited by showing his strong inner feelings for her, a hint of a flush colored his cheeks. "But I do think this is a time when spear-throwers could be very useful." Ayla started to loosen her baby's carrying blanket. "Folara, would you watch Jonayla for me?" she said, approaching Jondalar's younger sister, "unless you'd rather stay and hunt cave lions." To Bodoa/S’Armuna as it turns out, though she doesn't learn of his death until years after the fact.Sexy Mentor: Zelandoni was a justified example to Jondalar in the past. She was actually assigned the sacred role of introducing him to sex and teaching him all about it; she just happened to be gorgeous as well. It's largely because of her that Jondalar is the Sex God he is now. In this, the extraordinary conclusion of the ice-age epic series, Earth’s Children®, Ayla, Jondalar, and their infant daughter, Jonayla, are living with the Zelandonii in the Ninth Cave. Ayla has been chosen as an acolyte to a spiritual leader and begins arduous training tasks.

Zelandonii-after all, some leaders were women, including, at one time, Joharran and Jondalar's mother-such behavior from a woman would not have been tolerated in the Clan, the ones who raised her. Jerkass Realization: When she sees how everyone is disgusted with Marona's prank on Ayla, Portula realizes how awful it was to humiliate a woman who had done nothing wrong to her and there wasn't really anything funny about it. She later apologizes to Ayla, saying that Marona talked her into it. Ayla coolly accepts her apology. Love Cannot Overcome: Although she loved him, she amicably ended things with her second mate Dalanar because they couldn't reconcile their differences. Though it's never explicitly mentioned what went wrong, it's implied she found him overbearing, whilst he felt she didn't really need him around. This would be a good time to use spear-throwers so we can hunt from a safer distance. Several hunters here have been practicing," Jondalar said. It was for just this sort of thing that he had wanted to come home and show everyone the weapon he had developed. "We may not even have to kill one, just injure a couple to teach them to stay away."

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Intrepid Merchant: He is the Trade Master of the Zelandonii and loves to travel to new places to trade. He's even open to the idea of trading with Neanderthals, who most Zelandonii view merely as animals. Green-Eyed Monster: He is extremely jealous of Jondalar and has been for years. It's implied this is the real reason he revealed Jondalar and Zolena's Secret Relationship, as Zolena preferred Jondalar to him. He only gets more jealous of him when they're both adults, because Jondalar is regarded as a handsome and successful man, and has found a stunning woman to mate, while Madroman is still single and struggling to make a name for himself as a zelandoni-in-training. Determinator: The kid will let nothing stop him from achieving his dream and from trying to help Lanoga and her family. Case in point, when the neighbours try to remove the younger children from Lanoga's care against her wishes, he defends them, insisting he will learn how to hunt and then help provide for Lanoga and her siblings. Birds of a Feather: With Lanoga. They’re both overlooked or judged for things beyond their control (Lanoga for having crappy parents, Lanidar for his crippled arm).

Go Through Me: When a group of hunters try to harm her family's horses, she bravely stands between them. You Are What You Hate: He is heavily implied to be of 'mixed spirits' (his mother was apparently half-Clan), but utterly despises the Clan and even calls Echozar, another man who is more obviously mixed, an "animal" and refuses to be around him. This is due to the fact there is a great deal of social stigma around children of 'mixed spirits' and he was bullied for it as a child, which the characters discuss. Birds of a Feather: With Lanidar. They’re both overlooked or judged for things beyond their control (Lanoga for having crappy parents, Lanidar for his crippled arm). In the first part, Ayla is at a Summer Meeting and she begins to learn what an acolyte does. Ayla and the First decide to start Ayla's Donier Tour - a tour of the sacred caves in the wider region. Jondalar, Jonayla, their animals and many others decide to travel. The second part is mainly about the caves they visit. In many of the Sacred caves the Ancients, the people before the Zelandonii, left drawings. Ayla meets many other Zelandoni and one of them gives her a pouch of dried herbs smelling faintly of mint. Ayla also discovers that the Clan visit some of the sacred caves as well. Meaningful Name: Her name has two meanings. In addition to being a combination of both her parents' names, it also highlights Ayla's belief that she is of both her and Jondalar's 'essence'.Loser Son of Loser Dad: She’s treated this way by many people in the cave, along with the rest of her siblings. They're dismissed as a lost cause and looked upon disdain for being constantly dirty and begging for food, and their lazy, freeloading parents are some of the lowest-ranking and least-popular members of the Ninth Cave. However, Ayla points out that it's hardly their fault that they have such awful parents and that Lanoga is doing her best to look after her younger brothers and sisters. Ayla is able to shame some of the neighbours into helping Lanoga care for her family by informing them that in the Clan no child would be allowed to starve, essentially implying they're worse than the "flatheads" they dismiss as mere animals. A boy from the Nineteenth Cave who has a deformed arm. He’s determined to prove himself and become independent in spite of this.

Joharran, the leader, lifted his arm, signaling the band to a halt. Just beyond the place where the trail diverged, they now saw pale- tawny cave lions moving around in the grass. The grass was such effective camouflage, however, that they might not have noticed them until they were much closer, if it hadn't been for the sharp eyes of Thefona. The young woman from the Third Cave had exceptionally good vision, and though she was quite young, she was noted for her ability to see far and well. Her innate talent had been recognized early and they had begun training her when she was a small girl; she was their best lookout. The Clan's animal spirits are always male. However, in the early days of the Clan, weather spirits such as Wind and Rain—spirits whose worship is so ancient that Creb had to use deep meditation to find them in the Clan memories—bore female names. Goov, Creb's apprentice, also speculates that Ayla's totem may be the Cave Lioness, rather than the Cave Lion, although this would be unprecedented in the Clan. Serial Spouse: Downplayed. She's been mated three times; her first mate died, she and her second mate amicably 'severed the knot' and she's been Happily Married to her third mate for many years. A member of the Ninth Cave, who is strongly implied to be part Clan and thus got bullied as a child. He now has some serious self-esteem problems and develops an unhealthy obsession with Ayla. Ayla’s hunting prowess is just one of the many skills acquired through the years transforming her into a prehistoric MacGyver. In the course of the series, she has also become a shaman, herbalist, horse whisperer, fire starter, inventor, linguist, good cook and beautiful, loving wife. One of the new book’s more captivating passages, in fact, describes how Ayla single-handedly kills a menacing wolverine while her infant daughter naps on a blanket nearby, protected by her loyal pet wolf. She then dresses the animal, which entails gutting and skinning the beast.Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe: It turns out in the last book that because she and Laramar haven't slept together (according to him) since their eldest child was born, then it's extremely unlikely that any of the kids beside Bologan are biologically his. T]he millions of readers who have been with Ayla from the start will want to once again lose themselves in the rich prehistoric world Auel conjures and see how this internationally beloved series concludes.”– Booklist Connected All Along: It turns out she was once very close friends with S'Armuna, the shaman of the Three Sisters Camp who Ayla and Jondalar meet in The Plains of Passage (who Marthona knew as Bodoa before she gave up her name). Whatever obstacles she faces, Ayla finds inventive ways to lessen the difficulties of daily life, searching for wild edibles to make meals and experimenting with techniques to ease the long journeys the Zelandonii must take while honing her skills as a healer and a leader. And there are the Sacred Caves that Ayla’s mentor takes her to see. They are filled with remarkable paintings of mammoths, lions, and bears, and their mystical aura at times overwhelms Ayla. Accurate to current DNA evidence, Auel depicts Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals as able to interbreed. The mixed-race children are generally not favorably regarded by either group. As in many historical cultures, malformed Clan children are routinely subjected to exposure, while the Others may allow such children to live but prejudicially label them as 'abominations'. Such children and their experiences enter the plotline in several books of the series.

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