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Category : Guatemala
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Guatemala Myths
Author: George Byron Gordon
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Guatemala Myths
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Category : Guatemala
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Category : Guatemala
Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Legends of Guatemala
Author: Miguel Angel Asturias
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ISBN: 9781891270536
Category : Guatemalan drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Legends and plays from Guatemala. It was a groundbreaking achievement of ethnographic surrealism, a liberating avant-garde recreation of popular tales and characters from the Guatemalan collective unconscious.
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ISBN: 9781891270536
Category : Guatemalan drama
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Legends and plays from Guatemala. It was a groundbreaking achievement of ethnographic surrealism, a liberating avant-garde recreation of popular tales and characters from the Guatemalan collective unconscious.
The Mirror of Lida Sal
Author: Miguel Angel Asturias
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
First English-language edition of El espejo de Lida Sal (see HLAS 30:3268), in which the Nobel laureate melds Mayan and Guatemalan myth and folklore in 10 stories whose hallucinatory prose challenges the reader. 'Everything unfolds in a land of natural dreamscapes ... The imagination reels.' Although lacking a table of contents and translator's note, the superb translation recommends the work for classroom use
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
First English-language edition of El espejo de Lida Sal (see HLAS 30:3268), in which the Nobel laureate melds Mayan and Guatemalan myth and folklore in 10 stories whose hallucinatory prose challenges the reader. 'Everything unfolds in a land of natural dreamscapes ... The imagination reels.' Although lacking a table of contents and translator's note, the superb translation recommends the work for classroom use
Mayan Folktales
Author: James D. Sexton
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Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This collection of folklore offers a rich and lively panorama of Mayan mythic heritage. Here are everyday tales of village life; legends of witches, shamans, spiritualists, tricksters, and devils; fables of naguales, or persons who can change into animal forms; ribald stories of love and life; cautionary tales of strange and menacing neighbors and of the danger lurking within the human heart. These legends narrate origin and creation stories, explain the natural world, and reinforce cultural beliefs and values such as honesty, industriousness, sharing, fairness, and cleverness. Whether tragic or comic, fantastic or earthy, whimsical or profound, these tales capture the mystery, fragility, and power of the Mayan world.
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Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This collection of folklore offers a rich and lively panorama of Mayan mythic heritage. Here are everyday tales of village life; legends of witches, shamans, spiritualists, tricksters, and devils; fables of naguales, or persons who can change into animal forms; ribald stories of love and life; cautionary tales of strange and menacing neighbors and of the danger lurking within the human heart. These legends narrate origin and creation stories, explain the natural world, and reinforce cultural beliefs and values such as honesty, industriousness, sharing, fairness, and cleverness. Whether tragic or comic, fantastic or earthy, whimsical or profound, these tales capture the mystery, fragility, and power of the Mayan world.
Invading Guatemala
Author: Matthew Restall
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271027584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The invasions of Guatemala -- Pedro de Alvarado's letters to Hernando Cortes, 1524 -- Other Spanish accounts -- Nahua accounts -- Maya accounts
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271027584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The invasions of Guatemala -- Pedro de Alvarado's letters to Hernando Cortes, 1524 -- Other Spanish accounts -- Nahua accounts -- Maya accounts
Mayan Folktales
Author: James D. Sexton
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613901321
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This collection of folklore offers a rich and lively panorama of Mayan mythic heritage. Here are everyday tales of village life; legends of witches, shamans, spiritualists, tricksters, and devils; fables of naguales, or persons who can change into animal forms; ribald stories of love and life; cautionary tales of strange and menacing neighbors and of the danger lurking within the human heart. These legends narrate origin and creation stories, explain the natural world, and reinforce cultural beliefs and values such as honesty, industriousness, sharing, fairness, and cleverness. Whether tragic or comic, fantastic or earthy, whimsical or profound, these tales capture the mystery, fragility, and power of the Mayan world.
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780613901321
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This collection of folklore offers a rich and lively panorama of Mayan mythic heritage. Here are everyday tales of village life; legends of witches, shamans, spiritualists, tricksters, and devils; fables of naguales, or persons who can change into animal forms; ribald stories of love and life; cautionary tales of strange and menacing neighbors and of the danger lurking within the human heart. These legends narrate origin and creation stories, explain the natural world, and reinforce cultural beliefs and values such as honesty, industriousness, sharing, fairness, and cleverness. Whether tragic or comic, fantastic or earthy, whimsical or profound, these tales capture the mystery, fragility, and power of the Mayan world.
The Emerald Lizard
Author: Carlos Samayoa Chinchilla
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Category : Folk literature, Guatemalan
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Collection of Guatemala legends and folklore from days of the Maya, the conquistadors and modern times.
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Category : Folk literature, Guatemalan
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Collection of Guatemala legends and folklore from days of the Maya, the conquistadors and modern times.
The Myths of the New World
Author: Daniel Garrison Brinton
Publisher: University of Michigan Library
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Publisher: University of Michigan Library
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The Myths of the New World: a Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
Author: Daniel Garrison BRINTON
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Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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