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- catalog abstract "Discusses the mythology from Indians of various regions of Mexico and Central America, describing origins, comparing the similar tales, and presenting some of the myths themselves.".
- catalog contributor b3026988.
- catalog created "c1990.".
- catalog date "1990".
- catalog date "c1990.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1990.".
- catalog description "Discusses the mythology from Indians of various regions of Mexico and Central America, describing origins, comparing the similar tales, and presenting some of the myths themselves.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-233) and index.".
- catalog description "Sun myths : The sun and the fire (Huichol) ; How the sun was named (Yaqui) ; The childhood of Sun and Moon (Chatino) ; Sun and his brothers (Tzotzil) ; The courtship of Sun and Moon (Kekchi) -- Journeys to the other world : Thunder's apprentice (Mam) ; The dead wife (Mískito) ; The buzzard husband (Tzutujil) ; The visit to the animal master (Chinantec) -- pt. 3. Building mythologies : Myths in sequence ; Gods and the ordering of space ; Adventures of the hero ; Writing history ; Myths and nationalism.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. The storytellers : Central Mexico ; Oaxaca ; Southern Mesoamerica ; Northwest Mexico ; Lower Central America -- pt. 2. The basic myths : Beginnings : The emergence of ancestors (Aztec) ; The man of crops (Jicaque) ; Why the earth eats the dead (Bribri) ; Opossum steals fire (Mazatec) -- Destructions and new beginnings : The loss of the ancients (Tarahumara) ; The flood myth (Mixe) ; The seeds of humanity (Guaymí) ; The tree and the flood (Cabécar) -- The quest for corn : The hidden corn (Mopan) ; Corn woman's marriage (Cora) ; The grasshoppers and the corn (Pipil).".
- catalog extent "xiv, 239 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0688067212".
- catalog issued "1990".
- catalog issued "c1990.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W. Morrow,".
- catalog spatial "Central America.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico.".
- catalog subject "398.2/08997072 20".
- catalog subject "F1219.3.F6 B54 1990".
- catalog subject "Indian mythology Central America.".
- catalog subject "Indian mythology Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Central America Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Central America Legends.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Central America Religion Juvenile literature.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Mexico Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Mexico Religion Juvenile literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Sun myths : The sun and the fire (Huichol) ; How the sun was named (Yaqui) ; The childhood of Sun and Moon (Chatino) ; Sun and his brothers (Tzotzil) ; The courtship of Sun and Moon (Kekchi) -- Journeys to the other world : Thunder's apprentice (Mam) ; The dead wife (Mískito) ; The buzzard husband (Tzutujil) ; The visit to the animal master (Chinantec) -- pt. 3. Building mythologies : Myths in sequence ; Gods and the ordering of space ; Adventures of the hero ; Writing history ; Myths and nationalism.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. The storytellers : Central Mexico ; Oaxaca ; Southern Mesoamerica ; Northwest Mexico ; Lower Central America -- pt. 2. The basic myths : Beginnings : The emergence of ancestors (Aztec) ; The man of crops (Jicaque) ; Why the earth eats the dead (Bribri) ; Opossum steals fire (Mazatec) -- Destructions and new beginnings : The loss of the ancients (Tarahumara) ; The flood myth (Mixe) ; The seeds of humanity (Guaymí) ; The tree and the flood (Cabécar) -- The quest for corn : The hidden corn (Mopan) ; Corn woman's marriage (Cora) ; The grasshoppers and the corn (Pipil).".
- catalog title "The mythology of Mexico and Central America / John Bierhorst.".
- catalog type "Folklore. fast".
- catalog type "text".