Description |
136 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
Legends of the devil. Juan fetches the devil ; The rich ranchero's maguey fence ; The devil does a good deed ; The pulque vendor tricks the devil ; The priest goes down to hell -- The strange doings of saints. Señor San Antonio retrieves an axe ; Pedro de Ordinales goes to heaven ; A farmer learns a lesson ; The woman who was saved by a miracle ; A stranger comes to León ; Help for a mule caravan ; The cripple and señor San Antonio ; The old woman and el Señor ; The Santo Niño saves a friendship ; The Santo Niño visits a prison -- The foibles of man and beast. It's the pichilingis again ; The reason for turtles ; My godmother's story of buried treasure ; Three challenges for King Solomon ; The farmer who listened to his livestock ; The poor rich man's son gets a second change ; A reward for honesty ; A fiendish compadre gets caught ; A lesson from a lovelorn cow ; A tale of love ; Two sisters and a harlot ; The sabio sees a cow. |
Summary |
Presents folktales of Jalisco, Mexico, dealing with saints, sinners, men, and beasts. |
Subject |
Tales -- Mexico -- Jalisco.
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Tales. (OCoLC)fst01142246
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Mexico -- Jalisco.
(OCoLC)fst01206804
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Contes -- Mexique -- Jalisco.
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Genre/Form |
Folk tales.
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Added Author |
Campos, Anthony John.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Mexican folk tales. Tucson, Ariz. : University of Arizona Press, ©1977 (OCoLC)561199367 |
ISBN |
0816506396 |
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9780816506392 |
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0816505608 (pbk.) |
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9780816505609 |
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