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Table of contents for Latin American folktales : stories from Hispanic and Indian traditions / edited and with an introduction by John Bierhorst.
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Prologue: Early Colonial Legends 1. Montezuma / Nahua (Mexico) I. The Talking Stone 22 II. Montezuma's Wound 25 III. Eight Omens 26 IV. The Return of Quetzalcoatl 28 V. Is It You? 32 2. Legends of the Inca Kings / Quechua (Peru) I. Mayta Capac 34 II. The Storm 36 III. The Vanishing Bride 38 IV. A Messenger in Black 40 V. The Oracle at Huamachuco 41 3. Bringing Out the Holy Word / Mexico (Nahua) Folktales: A Twentieth-Century Wake PART ONE 49 4. In the City of Benjamin / Ecuador 5. Antuco's Luck / Chile 6. Don Dinero and Donia Fortuna / Dominican Republic 7. Mistress Lucia I 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 PART TWO 8 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 88 II. The King's Pigs / Guatemala 89 III. The Sack / Chile 89 IV. Pedro Goes to Heaven / Argentina 92 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 Folk Prayers PART THREE III 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 PART FOUR 137 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 Riddles PART FIVE 173 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 PART SIX 201 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 I 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? I/Mexico (Nahua) 210 II. That Was the Principal Day / Mexico (Tzotzil Maya) 2 I 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 I Mexico (Mazatec) 72. The Cricket, the Mole, and the Mouse / Mexico (Mazatec) 73. As If with Wings / Mexico (Mazatec) PART SEVEN 219 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 Chain Riddles PART EIGHT 251 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 PART NINE 277 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 DeadWife /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 / Mbyd Guarani (Paraguay) 111. Ibis Story / Yanmaa (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) Notes 329 Register of Tale Types and Selected Motifs 363 Glossary of Native Cultures 369 Bibliography 373 Permissions Acknowledgments 385