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xiv, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Discusses the mythology from Indians of various regions of Mexico and Central America, describing origins, comparing the similar tales, and presenting some of the myths themselves.
The Storytellers -- Central Mexico -- Oaxaca -- Southern Mesoamerica -- Northwest Mexico -- Lower Central America -- The Basic Myths -- Beginnings -- The emergence of ancestors (Aztec) -- The man of crops (Jicaque) -- Why the earth eats the dead (Bribri) -- Opossum steals fire (Mazatec) -- Destructions and New Beginnings -- The loss of the ancients (Tarahumara) -- The flood myth (Mixe) -- The seeds of humanity (Guaymi) -- The tree and the flood (Cabecar) -- The Quest for Corn -- The hidden corn (Mopan) -- Corn woman's marriage (Cora) -- The grasshoppers and the corn (Pipil) -- Sun Myths -- The sun and the fire (Huichol) -- How the sun was named (Yaqui) -- The childhood of sun and moon (Chatino) -- Sun and his brothers (Tzotzil) -- The courtship of sun and moon (Kekchi) -- Journeys to the Other World -- Thunder's apprentice (Mam) -- The dead wife (Miskito) -- The buzzard husband (Tzutujil) -- The visit to the animal master (Chinantec) -- Building mythologies -- Myths in Sequence -- Gods and the Ordering of Space -- Adventures of the Hero -- Writing History -- Myths and Nationalism.
Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, ©1990.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index.