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Chol (Mayan) Folktales A Collection of Stories from the Modern Maya of Southern Mexico / Nicholas A. Hopkins and J. Kathryn Josserand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hopkins, Nicholas A., author.
- Josserand, J. Kathryn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Mayan languages
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Chol language--Texts.
- Chol language.
- Tales--Mexico.
- Tales.
- Chol Indians--Folklore.
- Chol Indians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages)
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2016
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, CO : University of Colorado Press, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Thoughtfully edited transcriptions of oral storytelling with translation and narrative analysis, documenting and analyzing a trove of Chol folklore. The work provides a look into the folktale culture of the contemporary Maya presented with a rare and innovative theoretical framework"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Preface
- The Chol Maya and Their Folktales
- The Narrative Structure of Chol Folktales
- Introduction to the Texts
- Myths and Fables
- Our Holy Mother
- Older Brother Sun and Younger Brother Sun
- The Celestial Bird
- The Turtle and the Deer
- Tales of the Earth Lord
- Our Grandfather
- The Cave of Don Juan
- A Visit to Don Juan
- Things That Come Out of the Woods
- The Messengers
- The Jaguar-Man
- The Blackman
- The Comadre
- Discourse Analysis of Narrative Texts
- Discourse Analysis of Chol Narrative Texts
- References
- Further Reading
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781607324881
- 1607324881
- OCLC:
- 952448080
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