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The Black-man of Zinacantan, a Central American legend including an analysis of tales recorded and translated by Robert M. Laughlin,

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, University of Texas Press [1972]
Colección:Texas Pan American series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; 1. Categories and Anomalies; 2. A Set of Anomalies; II. The Culprit; 1. H?ik'al in Myth; 2. H?ik'd in Ritual; III. The Ancient Maya Bat Symbol; 1. The Sources and the Validity of the Historical Approach; 2. The Bat-Demon in Mesoamerica; 3. The Local Bat; 4.H?ik'al and SoØ?; IV. Anomalous Animals; 1. What Constitutes an Amomalous Animal?; 2. Transforming Animals; V. Themes of Anomaly; 1. Salt, Garlic, and Tobacco; 2. Domesticating a Spook; 3. Drunks, Idiots, and Sleepers; VI. H?ik'al as a Clarifying Anomaly; 1. Conditions That Are Ambiguous.
  • 2. Hard or Careless Women and Soft Men3. Spooks and Babies; VII. Apprehending Culprits; 1. An Unclosed Case; 2. Missing Persons; Appendices: Legions of Shadow-Makers; Bibliography; Subject Index; Index of Foreign Words Occurring in Text.