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Latin American folktales : stories from Hispanic and Indian traditions / edited and with an introduction by John Bierhorst.

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Pantheon Books, c2002.

398.208968 L357b

Hispanic Americans -- Folklore.

Latin Americans -- Folklore.

Indians of South America -- Folklore.

Tales -- Latin America.

Legends -- Latin America.

Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library

0375714391 (pbk.)

xii, 386 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-383).

Prologue: Early Colonial Legends. 1. Montezuma / Nahua (Mexico). I. The Talking Stone. II. Montezuma's Wound. III. Eight Omens. IV. The Return of Quetzalcoatl. V. Is It You? 2. Legends of the Inca Kings / Quechua (Peru). I. Mayta Capac. II. The Storm. III. The Vanishing Bride. IV. A Messenger in Black. V. The Oracle at Huamachuco. 3. Bringing Out the Holy Word / Mexico (Nahua) -- Folktales: A Twentieth-Century Wake. 4. In the City of Benjamin / Ecuador. 5. Antuco's Luck / Chile. 6. Don Dinero and Dona Fortuna / Dominican Republic. 7. Mistress Lucia / Mexico. 8. St. Peter's Wishes / Cuba. 9. The Coyote Teodora / Honduras. 10. Buried Alive / California. 11. The Three Gowns / Puerto Rico. 12. The Horse of Seven Colors / Venezuela. 13. The Cow / New Mexico. 14. Death and the Doctor / Dominican Republic. 15. What the Owls Said / Mexico (Mazatec). 16. Aunt Misery / Puerto Rico. 17. Palm-tree Story / Colombia. 18. Pedro de Urdemalas. I. The Letter Carrier from the Other World / Chile. II. The King's Pigs / Guatemala. III. The Sack / Chile. IV. Pedro Goes to Heaven / Argentina. 19. A Voyage to Eternity / Bolivia. 20. Mother and Daughter / Colombia. 21. The Bird Sweet Magic / Costa Rica. 22. Death Comes as a Rooster / Cuba. 23. The Twelve Truths of the World / New Mexico. 24. The Mouse and the Dung Beetle / Colorado. 25. The Canon and the King's False Friend / New Mexico. 26. The Story That Became a Dream / Chile. 27. St. Theresa and the Lord / Mexico. 28. Rice from Ashes / Argentina. 29. Juan Maria and Juana Maria / Guatemala. 30. The Witch Wife / Colombia. 31. O Wicked World / Argentina. 32. The Three Sisters / Colombia. 33. The Count and the Queen / Colorado. 34. Crystal the Wise / Chile. 35. Love Like Salt / Mexico. 36. The Pongo's Dream / Peru (Quechua). 37. The Fox and the Monkey / Bolivia (Aymara). 38. The Miser's Jar / Guatemala (Kekchi Maya). 39. Tup and the Ants / Mexico (Yucatec Maya). 40. A Master and His Pupil / Guatemala. 41. The Louse-Drum / Panama. 42. The Three Dreams / Guatemala. 43. The Clump of Basil / Puerto Rico. 44. The Charcoal Peddler's Chicken / Puerto Rico. 45. The Three Counsels / New Mexico. 46. Seven Blind Queens / Chile. 47. The Mad King / Florida. 48. A Mother's Curse / Puerto Rico. 49. The Hermit and the Drunkard / Ecuador. 50. The Noblewoman's Daughter and the Charcoal Woman's Son / Cuba. 51. The Enchanted Cow / Chile. 52. Judas's Ear / New Mexico. 53. Good Is Repaid with Evil / Venezuela. 54. The Fisherman's Daughter / Colombia. 55. In the Beginning / Mexico (Mazatec). 56. How the First People Were Made / Mexico (Zapotec). 57. Adam's Rib / Mexico (Popoluca). 58. Adam and Eve and Their Children / New Mexico (Isleta). 59. God's Letter to Noeh / Mexico (Zapotec). 60. God Chooses Noah / Mexico (Mixe). 61. The Flood / Mixe (Mexico). 62. A Prophetic Dream / Mexico (Mazatec). 63. The White Lily / Ecuador (Quichua). 64. The Night in the Stable / Guatemala (Quiche Maya). 65. When Morning Came. I. Why Did It Dawn? / Mexico (Nahua). II. That Was the Principal Day / Mexico (Tzotzil Maya). 66. Three Kings / New Mexico (Isleta). 67. The Christ Child as Trickster / Ecuador (Quichua). 68. Christ Saved by the Firefly / Cakchiquel Maya (Guatemala). 69. Christ Betrayed by Snails / Belize (Kekchi Maya). 70. Christ Betrayed by the Magpie-jay / Mexico (Tzotzil Maya). 71. The Blind Man at the Cross / Mexico (Mazatec). 72. The Cricket, the Mole, and the Mouse / Mexico (Mazatec). 73. As If with Wings / Mexico (Mazatec). 74. Slowpoke Slaughtered Four / Puerto Rico. 75. The Price of Heaven and the Rain of Caramels / Mexico. 76. Pine Cone the Astrologer / Panama. 77. The Dragon Slayer / Mexico. 78. Johnny-boy / Nicaragua. 79. The Rarest Thing / Guatemala. 80. Prince Simpleheart / Costa Rica. 81. The Flower of Lily-Lo / Mexico. 82. My Garden Is Better Than Ever / Mexico (Popoluca). 83. Juan Bobo and the Pig / Puerto Rico. 84. The Parrot Prince / Chile. 85. A Dead Man Speaks / Texas. 86. The Bear's Son / Honduras (Lenca). 87. Charity / Argentina. 88. Riches Without Working / Mexico (Nahua). 89. Let Somebody Buy You Who Doesn't Know You / Guatemala. 90. The Mouse King / Bolivia. 91. Mariquita Grim and Mariquita Fair / Cuba. 92. The Compadre's Dinner / Dominican Republic. 93. The Hog / Colorado. 94. Two Sisters / Puerto Rico. 95. The Ghosts' Reales / Dominican Republic. 96. The Bad Compadre / Guatemala (Cakchiquel Maya). 97. Black Chickens / Mexico (Tepecano). 98. Doublehead / El Salvador (Pipil). 99. Littlebit / Chile. 100. Rosalie / Mexico (Yucatec Maya). 101. A Day Laborer Goes to Work / Mexico (Otomi). 102. The Moth / Peru (Quechua). 103. The Earth Ate Them / Argentina -- Epilogue: Twentieth-Century Myths. 104. Why Tobacco Grows Close to Houses / Kogi (Colombia). 105. The Buzzard Husband / Tzotzil Maya (Mexico). 106. The Dead Wife / Miskito (Nicaragua). 107. Romi Kumu Makes the World / Barasana (Colombia). 108. She Was Thought and Memory / Kogi (Colombia). 109. Was It Not an Illusion? / Witoto (Colombia). 110. The Beginning Life of the Hummingbird / Mbya Guarani (Paraguay). 111. Ibis Story / Yamana (Chile). 112. The Condor Seeks a Wife / Quechua (Bolivia). 113. The Priest's Son Becomes an Eagle / Zuni (New Mexico). 114. The Revolt of the Utensils / Tacana (Bolivia). 115. The Origin of Permanent Death / Shuar (Ecuador).

Bierhorst, John.

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