Description: Dog Who Spoke and More Mayan Folktales / El perro que hablo y mas cuentos mayas, Paperback by Sexton, James D. (TRN); Mejia-rodriguez, Fredy (EDT), ISBN 0806141301, ISBN-13 9780806141305, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK "we learn what happens when a dog's master magically transforms into a dog-man who reasons like a man but acts like a dog. This and the other Mayan folktales in this bilingual collection brim with the enchanting creativity of rural Guatemala's oral culture. In addition to stories about ghosts and humans turning into animals. the volume also offers humorous yarns. Hailing from the Lake Atitlan region in the Guatemalan highlands. these tales reflect the dynamics of, and conflicts between, Guatemala's Indian. Ladino, and white cultures. The animals, humans, and supernatural forces that figure in these stories represent Mayan cultural values. social mores. and history." "James D. Sexton and Fredy Rodriguez-Mejia allow the thirty-three stories to speak for themselves---first in the original Spanish and then in English translations that maintain the meaning and rural inflection of the originals. Available in print for the first time. with a glossary of Indian and Spanish terms: these Guatemalan folktales represent generations of transmitted oral cultural that is fast disappearing and deserves a wider audience."--BOOK JACKET.
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Book Title: Dog Who Spoke and More Mayan Folktales / El perro que hablo y mas
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Name: The Dog Who Spoke and more Mayan Folktales: El Perro Que Hablo Y Mas Cuentos Mayas
Language: English
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Item Height: 229 mm
Subject: History
Publication Year: 2010
Type: Textbook
Author: Fredy Rodriguez-Mejia, James D. Sexton
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Paperback
