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Maya Folktales from the Alta Verapaz 1st Edition by Elin Danien ISBN 978-1931707770 1931707774

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Author(s): Elin C. Danien
ISBN(s): 9781934536636, 1934536636
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 3.68 MB
Year: 2005
Language: english
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ISBN 10:  1931707774

ISBN 13: 978-1931707770

Author:  Elin C. Danien

The dozen tales in this book were collected from Guatemalan informants early in the twentieth century recorded in the words of the storytellers. They come down to us unfiltered by anthropologists, writers, or professional folklorists. The tales make up a fascinating collection that informs in significant and creative ways how the Maya view their world and how they were engaged with the greater world around them in insightful and often humorous ways. They offer transformations, ogres, anthropomorphic animals, mountains and caves, and supernatural explanations for natural phenomena, along with the origins of modes of dress and behavior, medical rituals, and tales that carry folk interpretations of the Popul Vuh, the ancient Maya creation myth.

Elin C. Danien’s introductory essay includes biographical information about the collectors, suggestions of pre-Columbian roots for the tales, and a history of the previous restricted publication. Her explanations of cultural behavior enhance the human qualities of the actors without transgressing the storytellers. The early date of these tales makes the book extremely unusual and fresh.

Table of contents: 

  1. The Importance of Folklore

  2. Guatemala Myths

  3. Le Poo (The Moon) I

  4. Le Poo (The Moon) II

  5. The Horned Serpent

  6. The Boy and the Sword

  7. Duende Gifts

  8. The Duende Girl

  9. The Miser, the Girl, the Jar, and the Fool

  10. The Envious Farmer

  11. Wee Rabbit Sells a Bag of Maize

  12. Teniendo la Pena (Holding the Stone)

  13. The Hills and the Corn

  14. A Thing That Happened in Ancient Times Through the Stealing of Xucaneb’s Daughter

  15. Notes

  16. Readings

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