Mayan Folktales: Folklore from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala - ISBN: 0826321046


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		"A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things." - Herman Melville

	Mayan Folktales: Folklore from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
	James D. Sexton (Translator)

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Format: Paperback, 302 pages

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

ISBN: 0826321046

Release Date: Jan 3, 1999

In Brief
A stunning collection of thirty-five folktales from Guatemala which transport the reader to the haunting stories of witches, shamans, spiritualists, and naguales, or persons who have the power to change into animal forms and devils. These stories are educational, instructive, mysterious, wise, and sometimes simply funny.

From The Publisher
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. Editor and translator James D. Sexton is a professor of anthropology and Regents' Professor at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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Contents
Introduction	xi

FOLKTALES AND DANCE DRAMAS	1
The Hill of Chua Kapoj	3
The Story of the Red Brujo (Witch) of the Hill	9
The Story of the Daughter of a King Who Was Carried away by a Poor Person	11
The Man Who Changed into a God	17
The Story of the Rabbit and His Uncle Coyote: A Tzutuhil Story	24
The Story of the Man (Devil) Who Was Put Inside a Tecomate	38
Story of Sebastiana	43
The Story of the Mouse and the Man	47
Story of the Priest When He was Invited to a Birthday Party	48
The Story of the Poder (Power, Ability) of Persons When They Are Born	52
Story of the Dance of the Deer	58
Creation Myth	65
Story of the Lazybonesand the Perfect Intendant	84
Story of the Gods of Corn	90
Story of the Dance of the Conquest	97
The Three Hombres Who Went to Look for Pacayas	115
The Woman Who Loved Many Hombres and Died from Drinking a Lot of Water and a Piece of Sausage that She Had Eaten	121
The Woman Characotel	127
The Characoteles Who Meet Every Twenty Days in the House of the True Jefe	132
The Two Real Children of God: There Were only Two, The Grandfather and Grandmother	139
The Story of Mariano the Buzzard	147
Dance of the Mexicans	151
Dance of the Flying Monkey	153
The Four Indians of Samayac	158
The Two Lazy Men	163
The Padre Picaro	168
The Padre Who Wants the Wealth	176
The Woman and the Guardian	185
Story of Don Chebo	193
The Story of the Lazy Man Who Got to Be King of a Town	200
Story of Chema Tamales	206
Tale of Two Compadres	217
Story of the Enchanted Hill, Tun Abaj	221
The Story of the Hunter Compadre	225
The Goodnatured Father and His Little Horses of Gold	231
Notes	237
References Cited	255
Acknowledgments	259
Glossary	261

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Keywords
Mayas, Folklore, Tales, Guatemala, Atitlan, Lake, Region, Native American Folklore, Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary, Folklore & Mythology, Social Science, Folklore, Tales, Guatemala, Mayas, AtitlGan, Lake, Region