Category - Fiction / Folklore & Mythology
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Excellent
Listed - 5 months ago
Views - 6
Wishes - 4
Ships From - New Mexico
Est. Publication Date - Oct 1985
Seller Description
The book is in like new condition with tight binding and clean pages except for a name on the first inside page. The dust jacket is in like new condition also. Please see the photos. ~ This bilingual collection of Pueblo Indian myths is a happy union of New Mexico's diverse cultural traditions. Intended to introduce younger readers to some of the stories that have been passed on orally from generation to generation, the facing-page English-Spanish versions presented here also offer a rare opportunity to sample an older yet still vivid Spanish idiom. The author, a direct descendant of one of the first Spanish families to colonize sixteenth-century New Mexico, taught Spanish for many years at the high school and university level. The stories she recounts here are meant both to teach and to entertain. They describe the creation of the world and the way the Pueblo people began to cultivate corn, and in general bring to life their religious and social customs, accounting for magic, medicine men, and many forms of plant and animal life.
Additional Information
Bilingual ~ The Freeing of the Deer / Se da libertad al venado : And Other New Mexico Indian Myths / y otras leyendas de los indios de Nuevo México
ISBN: 0826308406
Publisher Description
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