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The Latin American story finder : a guide to 470 tales from Mexico, Central America and South America, listing subjects and sources /
Anything is possible in the world of Latin American folklore, where Aunt Misery can trap Death in a pear tree; Amazonian dolphins lure young girls to their underwater city; and the Feathered Snake brings the first musicians to Earth. One in a series of folklore reference guides (' ... an invalu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Beginnings and balance : earth, sun, moon, night, people, floods, fire, sky, food, music (stories 1-33)
- Journeys to other realms (stories 34-52)
- Winning and losing with the gods (stories 53-85)
- Making bargains, good and bad (stories 86-123)
- The community (stories 124-166)
- Reaching out with kindness (stories 166-179)
- Seeking justice (stories 180-196)
- Punishments and rewards : teaching good and wise behavior (stories 197-231)
- When cultures, classes or species collide (stories 232-265)
- Defenders of the earth (stories 266-289)
- Between husbands and wives (stories 290-311)
- For love (stories 312-348)
- Supernatural seducers (stories 349-365)
- Tricksters and fools (stories 365-415)
- Heroic rescues and magical escapes (stories 416-441)
- Strange and mysterious encounters (stories 442-470)
- Appendix A. Indigenous peoples by country, with alternate names
- Appendix B. Glossary.