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1) Cuckoo: a Mexican folktale = Cucú : un cuento folklórico mexicano

Author

Ehlert, Lois

Pub. Date

c1997

Language

English

Description

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A traditional Mayan tale which reveals how the cuckoo lost her beautiful feathers.

2) The night the moon fell: a Maya myth

Author

Mora, Pat

Pub. Date

c2000

Language

English

3) The hummingbird king: a Guatemalan legend

Author

Palacios, Argentina

Series

Legends of the world

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

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A young chief who had been protected by a hummingbird is killed by his jealous uncle and then transformed into a quetzal, symbol of freedom.

4) The boy who wouldn't obey: a Mayan legend

Author

Rockwell, Anne F

Pub. Date

c2000

Language

English

Description

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When Chac, the great lord who makes rain, takes a disobedient boy as his servant, they are both in for trouble.

5) The chocolate tree: a Mayan folktale

Author

Lowery, Linda

Series

On my own folklore

Pub. Date

c2009

Language

English

6) The story of colors =: La historia de los colores

Author

Marcos

Pub. Date

c1999

Language

English

Description

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"Beautiful bilingual retelling for children of a folktale from Chiapas that explains how colors were created, why people differ in color and ways of thinking, and why the macau sports all the colors. Excellent translation; stunning illustrations. A remarkable book"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

7) The hero twins: against the lords of death : a Mayan myth

Author

Jolley, Dan

Series

Graphic myths and legends

Pub. Date

c2008

Language

English

Description

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A retelling, in graphic novel form, of the Mayan myth of the twin brothers, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, who anger the Lords of Xibalba, rulers of the land of the dead.