The Latin American story finder
Subtitle: a guide to 470 tales from Mexico, Central America and South America, listing subjects and sources
By: Sharon Barcan Elswit
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780786478958; 9781476622293
Subjects: Tales; Bibliography; Folklore
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-301) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings and balance : earth, sun, moon, night, people, floods, fire, sky, food, music (stories 1-33); title: Journeys to other realms (stories 34-52); title: Winning and losing with the gods (stories 53-85); title: Making bargains, good and bad (stories 86-123); title: The community (stories 124-165); title: Reaching out with kindness (stories 166-179); title: Seeking justice (stories 180-196); title: Punishments and rewards : teaching good and wise behavior (stories 197-231); title: When cultures, classes or species collide (stories 232-265); title: Defenders of the earth (stories 266-289); title: Between husbands and wives (stories 290-311); title: For love (stories 312-348); title: Supernatural seducers (stories 349-364); title: Tricksters and fools (stories 365-415); title: Heroic rescues and magical escapes (stories 416-441); title: Strange and mysterious encounters (stories 442-470); title: Appendix A. Indigenous peoples by country, with alternate names; title: Appendix B. Glossary.