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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Susan Conklin Thompson; Keith Steven Thompson; Lidia López de López |
| ISBN: | 9781591581383 1591581389 |
| OCLC Number: | 85822616 |
| Language Note: | English and Spanish in parallel text. |
| Description: | xlii, 179 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Map of Maya lands -- pt. 1. Animal tales -- Uncle Rabbit, Uncle Coyote = Tío conejo, tío coyote -- The rabbit and the crab = El conejo y el cangrejo -- Sometimes right is repaid with wrong = A veces el bien con el mal se paga -- The ant, the flea, the puma, and the fox = La hormiga, el piojo, el puma y la zorra -- The buzzard and the dove = La paloma y el zopilote -- pt. 2. Stories of masters -- Mirandía Hill = El cerro Mirandía -- The disobedient child = El niño desobediente -- The master of the canyons = El dueño de los barrancos -- The two orphans = Los dos huérfanos -- The spirit of the water = El espíritu del agua -- The screamer of the night = El gritón de la noche -- pt. 3. Stories about people -- Don Jacinto -- The song of the owl and the howl of the coyote = El canto del tecolote y el aullido del coyote -- The moon = La luna -- The lying King = El rey mentiroso -- pt. 4. Encountering the supernatural -- The weeping woman = La Llorona -- The stingy old woman = La anciana miserable -- How the serpent was born = De cómo nació la víbora -- The goblin = El duende -- The Simanagua = La simanagua -- The dwarf = El enanito -- The giant Nimalej' mo's = El gigante Nimalej' mo's -- pt. 5. Supernatural animals -- The man and the buzzard = El hombre y el zopilote -- The little boy who talked with birds = El niño que hablaba con los pájaros -- The cadejo = El cadejo -- The man who became rich = El hombre que se hizo rico -- Seven colors = El siete colores -- Bibliography -- The storytellers -- Index. |
| Series Title: | World folklore series |
| Other Titles: | Cuentos folklóricos mayas |
| Responsibility: | retold and edited by Susan Conklin Thompson, Keith Steven Thompson, and Lidia López de López. |
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