Heart of heaven, heart of earth, and other Mayan folktales /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:Washington : Smithsonian Institution press, c1999.
Description:vi, 152 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3669920
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Other authors / contributors:Sexton, James D.
Bizarro Ujpán, Ignacio.
ISBN:1560988940 (cloth : alk. paper)
1560987707 (paper : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-151).
Table of Contents:
  • Heart of Heaven, Heart of Earth: A Tzutuhil Tale
  • Story of the Goddess of the Lake
  • Tale of the Teacher
  • The Story of a Tzutuhil Named Adrian from San Pedro la Laguna
  • Story: Everything Was Created
  • A Very Old Story [of Creation]
  • Story of a Hunter
  • The Two Brothers and the Fortune
  • The Angels Who Were Eternally Punnished for the Evil They Committed on Earth
  • The Man Who Wanted to Learn to Be a Brujo and a Characotel
  • The Oldest Tale of My Town
  • Story of the Senor of Esquipulas
  • The Woman Who Died for Three Days and Went to Get Acquainted with Hell
  • The Louse Who Caused the Death of the Womanizing King: A Tzutuhil Story
  • Story of an Enchanted Place, Paruchi Abaj
  • The Story of the Assistants Who Worked with the Germans
  • Simple Simon
  • Story of the Dog and the Cat
  • The Story of the Tecolote
  • Story of the Black God, Dueno of the Night
  • Story of Maximon
  • The Legend of Francisco Sojuel: A Tzutuhil Story
  • Story of the Emigration and Tragedy of a Cakchiquel People
  • A Sacred Story
  • The Fisherman and the King
  • Story of the Owl
  • The Sombreren and the Blue Fly
  • Temperament and the Deeds of the Son of God
  • Dona Maria and Her Three Children
  • The Gold and Silver Fish
  • The Rich and Miserable Man: A Cakchiquel Story
  • The Grandfather and the Faultfinders
  • The Nuns and the Charcoal Vendor.