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Title The hungry woman : myths and legends of the Aztecs / edited by John Bierhorst ; with illustrations by Aztec artists of the sixteenth century.

Publication Info. New York : Morrow, 1984.

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 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Nonfiction  J 398.209 HUN    Check Shelf
Description 148 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 147-148.
Summary Narratives from Aztec Indian lore.
Contents Creation myths. The hungry woman -- The first sun -- Monkey, turkeys, and fish -- Up from the Dead Land -- True corn -- The fifth sun -- The origin of music -- Quetzalcoatl in Tula.
The fall of Tula. The King's daughter and the pepper man -- The sorcerer's dance -- Master log -- The flight of Quetzalcoatl.
The founding of Mexico. The birth of Huitzilopochtli -- Copil's heart -- The woman of discord -- The eagle on the prickly pear.
In the days of Montezuma. The talking stone -- Montezuma's wound -- Eight omens -- The return of Quetzalcoatl -- "Is it you?"
After Cortés. How the world began -- Calling the ghost of Montezuma -- The Virgin of Guadalupe -- The weeping woman. The prince and the seamstress ; Cortés and Malintzin ; Forever without rest.
Subject Indians of Mexico -- Folklore.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- Mexico -- Folklore.
Subject Indios de México -- Leyendas.
Aztec mythology -- Juvenile literature.
Aztecas -- Religión y mitología.
Aztecs -- Folklore.
Added Author Bierhorst, John.
ISBN 0688027660 library binding $9.50
9780688027667 library binding
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