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Leyendas de Guatemala (Legends of Guatemala, 1930) was the first book to be published by Nobel-prizewinning author Miguel Ángel Asturias. The book is a re-telling of Maya origin stories from Asturias's homeland of Guatemala. It reflects the author's study of anthropology and Central American indigenous civilizations, undertaken in France, at ...
Leyendas Populares de Aparecidos y Animas en Pena en Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala City: Artemis & Edinter. ISBN 84-89452-68-7. OCLC 36826444. Lara Figueroa, Celso A. (2001). Por los Viejos Barrios de la Ciudad de Guatemala (in Spanish). Guatemala City: Artemis & Edinter. ISBN 84-89452-24-5. OCLC 66144340.
Fascinated by the mythology of the indigenous people of Guatemala, he wrote Leyendas de Guatemala (Legends of Guatemala). [72] This fictional work re-tells some of the Mayan folkloric stories of his homeland. Certain aspects of indigenous life were of a unique interest to Asturias. Commonly known as corn, maize is an integral part of Mayan culture.
"Legend of El Sombrerón" is the title of one of the short stories in Guatemalan Nobel-prize winner Miguel Ángel Asturias' 1930 collection Legends of Guatemala. In 1950, El Sombrerón became the subject of an eponymous film, one of the first films shot in Guatemala.
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Pascual Abaj (alternatively written Pascual Ab'aj), [1] also known as Turcaj, [2] Turk'aj, [3] Turuk'aj and Turukaj, [4] is a pre-Columbian Maya idol at Chichicastenango that survived the Spanish conquest of Guatemala and which is still venerated by the local community.
Nicole Kidman had an extra special guest with her as she attended a recent gala.. On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Big Little Lies alum, 57, posed with her 13-year-old daughter Faith as the mother ...
Esquipulas holds its patronal festival on January 15, when the largest number of pilgrims come from Guatemala and neighboring Central American countries. [2] The shrine of El Santuario de Chimayó in Chimayo, New Mexico also honors the image. A pending application for Canonical coronation of the image was submitted to the Vatican.