Latino American Folktales

THOMAS A. GREEN is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University. His many books include The Greenwood Library of American Folktales (2006), and The Greenwood Library of World Folktales (2008).

• Preface1. OriginsQuetzalcoatl and TezcatlipocaJesusThe Peak of GoldBecoming American2. Heroes, Heroines, Villains, and FoolsThe Little Green RabbitA New Mexico DavidJohn TigerThe Boy Who Became KingMaria the Ash GirlBlanca FlorThe Bear PrinceThe Prohibited ChamberTale of the RabbitBrother CoyoteSister Fox and Brother CoyotePedro de UrdemalasPablo Apodaca and the Bear3. Society and ConflictManuel Jesus Vasques: A Life on the Southwest FrontierFrancisco Trujillo and Billy the KidElfego BacaSunday SevenThe Bird of the Sweet SongThe Louse Skin Coat4. The SupernaturalPapantzinClemencia and JosThe Giants SecretLa LloronaBullet-SwallowerThe Accursed BellEl Seor Milagroso Rescues a Stingy SonThe Penitent BrothersThe Living SpectreThree Live WitchesThe Witch DeerWitch Tales from New MexicoSelected Bibliography

Continuing his series collecting folktales of various national and ethnic groups in the US, Green (anthropology, Texas A&M U.) presents a selection of fictional tales, legends, myths, and personal experience narratives from people of Latin American heritage. Among the titles are Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca, Maria the ash girl, Francisco Trujillo and Billy the Kid, Princess Papantzin's resurrection, the accursed bell, and the witch deer. He has gleaned the tales from previous collections, and introduces each one briefly.