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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 ...
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Folklore from Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. New York: Doubleday. Taube, Karl (1985), The Classic Maya Maize God: A Reappraisal. In Merle Greene Robertson and V. Fields (eds.), Fifth Palenque Round Table, 1983 (Mesa Redonda de Palenque Vol. VII), pp. 171-181. San Francisco: Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute. Taube, Karl (1993), Aztec and Maya ...
The oldest surviving written account of Popol Vuh (ms c. 1701 by Francisco Ximénez, O.P.). Popol Vuh (also Popul Vuh or Pop Vuj) [1] [2] is a text recounting the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, one of the Maya peoples who also inhabit the Mexican states of Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo, as well as areas of Belize, Honduras and El Salvador.
El Sombrerón is a legendary character [1] and one of the most famous legends of Guatemala, told in books [2] [3] and film [4] El Sombrerón is also a bogeyman figure in Mexico. [5]
In Guatemala, the legend is more common in Guatemala City, Antigua Guatemala (the old colonial capital) and the eastern departments of the country. [14] The most common variant in these areas is that where the spirit has the face of a horse. [14] In Guatemala the Siguanaba is often said to appear to men who are unfaithful in order to punish ...
The post Black History/White Lies: The 10 biggest myths about the Civil Rights Movement appeared first on TheGrio. ... the anti-lynching movement’s most famous activist. “They have cheated him ...
The Achi and Pocomchí indicate in their myths that they spread corn from their department to Guatemala and the world. There are variations of the legend "When the God of the World locked away the corn" ("Cuando el Dios Mundo encerró al maíz"), which is deeply rooted in Cubulco, San Jerónimo, San Miguel Chicaj, and Purulhá.