The mythology of Mexico and Central America
Subtitle: with a new afterword
By: John Bierhorst.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
Subjects: Indian mythology -- Mexico; Indian mythology -- Central America; Indians of Mexico -- Folklore; Indians of Central America -- Folklore; Indians of Mexico -- Religion; Indians of Central America -- Religion
Genres: Folklore.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-243) and index.
Originally published: New York : W. Morrow, c1990.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART ONE:THE STORYTELLERS; title: 1 Central Mexico 19; title: 2 Oaxaca 29; title: 3 Southern Mesoamerica 36; title: 4 Northwest Mexico 47; title: 5 Lower Central America 54; title: PART TWO: THE BASIC MYTHS; title: 1 Beginnings; title: i: THE EMERGENCE OF ANCESTORS (Aztec) 67; title: ii: THE MAN OF CROPS (Jicaque) 68; title: iii: WHY THE EARTH EATS THE DEAD (Bribri) 74; title: iv: OPOSSUM STEALS FIRE (Mazatec) 77; title: 2 Destructions and New Beginnings; title: v :THE LOSS OF THE ANCIENTS (Tarahumara) 79; title: vi: THE FLOOD MYTH (Mixe) 80; title: vii: THE SEEDS OF HUMANITY (Guaymi) 84; title: viii: THE TREE AND THE FLOOD (Cab6car) 84; title: 3 The Quest for Corn; title: ix: THE HIDDEN CORN (Mopan) 86; title: x: CORN WOMAN'S MARRIAGE (Cora) 9; title: xi: THE GRASSHOPPERS AND THE CORN (Pipil) 98; title: 4 Sun Myths; title: xii: THE SUN AND THE FIRE (Huichol) oo; title: xiii: HOW THE SUN WAS NAMED (Yaqui) o11; title: xiv: THE CHILDHOOD OF SUN AND MOON (Chatino) 102; title: xv: SUN AND HIS BROTHERS (Tzotzil) 110; title: xvi: THE COURTSHIP OF SUN AND MOON (Kekchi) 112; title: 5 Journeys to the Other World; title: xvii:THUNDER'S APPRENTICE (Mam) 116; title: xviii: THE DEAD WIFE (Miskito) 117; title: ix: THE BUZZARD HUSBAND (Tzutujil) 120; title: xx: THE VISIT TO THE ANIMAL MASTER (Chinantec) 123; title: PART THREE: BUILDING MYTHOLOGIES; title: 1 Myths in Sequence 129; title: 2 Gods and the Ordering of Space 143; title: 3 Adventures of the Hero 158; title: 4 Writing History 174; title: 5 Myths and Nationalism 188.