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Pages in category "Guatemalan folklore" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alux; B.
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]
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 ...
In Guatemala, the word siguanaba has been linked to siwan, a Kʼicheʼ Maya word meaning a cliff or deep ravine, and Guatemalan folk etymology gives this as the origin of the word. Some scholars, including Recinos and Roberto Paz y Paz, disagree.
Maximón (/ ˌ m æ ʃ ɪ ˈ m oʊ n,-ˈ m ɒ n /), also called San Simón, is a Maya deity, narco-saint, and folk saint, represented in various forms by the Maya peoples of several towns in the Guatemalan Highlands. Oral tradition of his creation and purpose in these communities is complex, diverse, and born of the ancient Maya traditions ...
The surviving Mayan books are mainly of a ritual and also (in the case of the Paris Codex) historical nature, and contain few mythical scenes. As a consequence, depictions on temple walls, stelae, and movable objects (especially the so-called 'ceramic codex') are used to aid reconstruction of pre-Spanish Mayan mythology.
The cadejo is a primary motif in the paintings of Guatemalan-born artist Carlos Loarca, who was born in 1937. As a child, Loarca was told the legend and believed that the cadejo protected his father, as he always came home unscathed from the cantina. As an adult, Loarca felt the protecting spirit helped him break his own alcohol habit. Since ...
The Baile de la Conquista or Dance of the Conquest is a traditional folkloric dance from Guatemala.The dance reenacts the invasion led by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado and his confrontation with Tecun Uman, ruler of K'iche' kingdom of Q'umarkaj.