| Description |
vii, 231 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published as Diccionario de mitos de América by Ediciones El Naranjo, Mexico City, Mexico" -- Title page verso. |
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"This is an Em Querido book published by Levine Querido" -- Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-231). |
| Contents |
Spider Grandmother: Hopi -- Aztlan: Mexica (Nahua) -- Bacabs: Maya -- Bochia: Muisca -- Coatlicue: Mexica (Nahua) -- Hummingbird: Guarani -- Great flood: Andean -- Golden King: Muisca -- Brave Souls of the Dead: Mapuche -- Bunched Stars: Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) -- Sak Nikte: Maya -- Land of Fire: Selk'nam (ona) -- Guabancex: Taino -- Guahayona: Taino -- Hun and Vucub: K'iche' (Maya) -- Hurakan: K'iche' (Maya) -- Ixquic the Maiden: K'iche' (Maya) -- K'awil and the Prince: Mopan (Maya) -- Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl: Nahua -- Heart of the Mountain: Nahua -- Ball Game: K'iche' (Maya) -- Kukulkan: Yucatec and K'iche' (Maya) -- Kuyen: Mapuche -- Llorona: Nahua and colonial -- Aakulujjuusi and Uumarnituq: Inuit -- Mayahuel: Nahua -- Monetá: Muisca -- Nahual: Nahua -- Nanahuatzin: Nahua -- Ñamandú: Guarani -- Ñandesy: Guarani -- White-faced Bear: Alutiiq (Sugpiag) -- Oxomoco and Cipactonal: Nahua -- Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal: Nahua -- Pacha Kamaq: Andean -- Shepherd and Maiden: Andean -- Quetzalcoatl: Toltec (Nahua) -- Quilaztli: Mexico (Nahua) -- Oak Tree: Oceti Sakowin (Sioux) -- Rimac: Andean -- Sedna: Inuit -- Sibo: Cabecar and Bribri -- Tamoanchan: Nahua -- Tlalocan: Nahua -- Uirapuru: Guarani -- Universe: Mexica (Nahua) -- Blue Deer: Wixarika (Huichol) -- Viracocha: Andean -- Gichi-manidoo: Ojibwe -- Waleker: Wayuu -- Xibalba: K'iche' (Maya) -- Xolotl: Nahua -- Yaya and Yayael: Taino -- Yupanqui: Andean -- Cemis: Taino -- Zamna: Itza (Maya). |
| Summary |
Presents a collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents, the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it, from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska. |
| Language |
Translated from the Spanish. |
| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- South America -- Folklore.
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| Subject |
Indians of Central America. (OCoLC)fst00969430
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Indian mythology. (OCoLC)fst00969152
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Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
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| Genre/Form |
Folk tales.
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| Subject |
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / Native American.
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| Genre/Form |
Folklore. (OCoLC)fst01423784
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Myths.
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| Subject |
Indians -- Folklore.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Folklore.
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| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Folklore.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries. (OCoLC)fst01423826
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples -- Central America -- Folklore.
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| Subject |
Mythology. (OCoLC)fst01031701
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Indians -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Folk tales. (OCoLC)fst01921662
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| Subject |
Indian mythology.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Central & South America.
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Indians of South America -- Folklore.
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JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / Caribbean & Latin America.
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Indians. (OCoLC)fst00969307
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Indians of South America. (OCoLC)fst00969962
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Indian mythology -- Juvenile literature.
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Mythology -- Dictionaries -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Myths. (OCoLC)fst01922484
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Subject |
Indians of Central America -- Folklore.
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| Local Subject |
Spirituality -- Indigenous -- Juvenile literature.
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Indigenous people -- Folklore -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Mijangos, Amanda, 1986- illustrator.
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Bowles, David (David O.), translator.
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| Added Title |
Diccionario de mitos de América. English
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Sacred stories of the Americas |
| ISBN |
9781646140152 (hardcover) |
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164614015X (hardcover) |
