Bird Who Cleans the World and Other Mayan Fables

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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The Bird Who Cleans the World and other Mayan Fables is collection of Jakaltek Mayan folktales, first told to the author by his mother and the elders of his Guatemalan village. They deal with the themes of creation, nature, mutual respect, and ethnic relations and conflicts. Told here for the first time in English and illustrated with Mayan images, these stories and fables speak eloquently of an ancient culture, at once preserving its history and recreating its tradition.

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Utgivningsdatum1995-07-30
Mått150 x 229 x 13 mm
Vikt333 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor120
FörlagCurbstone Press,U.S.
ISBN9781880684030
ÖversättareKaufman, Wallace

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Author's PrefaceIntroductionThe Bird Who Cleans the WorldFrom Mouse to BatThe Affair of the HornsHow the Serpent was BornThe First MonkeysSometimes Right Is Repaid with WrongThe Disobedient ChildThe Tail of the DogThe Toad and the BuzzardThe Toad and the CrabThe Proof of the MiceLaziness Should Not Rule UsAdvice from a JackassWho Cuts the Trees Cuts His Own LifeThe Ungrateful AlligatorThe Little Boy Who Talked with BirdsThe Child Who Saw VisionsThe Snail and the MinnowThe Curious MiceThe Work of the MosquitoThe War of the WaspsThe Kibng of the AnimalsThe Loudmouth and DeathThe Hen and the FrogThe Man and the BuzzardThe Vulture and the Sparrow HawkThe Buzzard and the Dove The Possum and the JaguarThe Lazy ManThe Great JaguarThe Skunk and the RabbitThe Old Ones' Friendship: The Dog, the Jaguar, and the CoyoteNotes

"The book's illustrations . . . help connect ancient Mayan myths with the oral tradition that persists today. Mr. Montejo's introduction to this tradition is a gift that outsiders should treasure." —The New York Times Book Review|"Montejo writes in clear, simple prose that transforms the short tales with the same mystical power of prose/poetry. . . . The Bird Who Cleans the World is one of the few books to capture the oral Mayan tradition, making it also a crucial study of pre-Columbian beliefs." —The Bloomsbury Review|"Interesting graphics from Mayan sources help underscore the essential originality of this volume." —Library Journal