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001 2001055441
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050 00 $aF1219.3.R38$bB54 2002
082 00 $a398.2/08997072$221
100 1 $aBierhorst, John.
245 14 $aThe mythology of Mexico and Central America :$bwith a new afterword /$cJohn Bierhorst.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2002.
300 $axiv, 249 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: New York : W. Morrow, c1990.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 230-243) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: PART ONE:THE STORYTELLERS -- 1 Central Mexico 19 -- 2 Oaxaca 29 -- 3 Southern Mesoamerica 36 -- 4 Northwest Mexico 47 -- 5 Lower Central America 54 -- PART TWO: THE BASIC MYTHS -- 1 Beginnings -- i: THE EMERGENCE OF ANCESTORS (Aztec) 67 -- ii: THE MAN OF CROPS (Jicaque) 68 -- iii: WHY THE EARTH EATS THE DEAD (Bribri) 74 -- iv: OPOSSUM STEALS FIRE (Mazatec) 77 -- 2 Destructions and New Beginnings -- v :THE LOSS OF THE ANCIENTS (Tarahumara) 79 -- vi: THE FLOOD MYTH (Mixe) 80 -- vii: THE SEEDS OF HUMANITY (Guaymi) 84 -- viii: THE TREE AND THE FLOOD (Cab6car) 84 -- 3 The Quest for Corn -- ix: THE HIDDEN CORN (Mopan) 86 -- x: CORN WOMAN'S MARRIAGE (Cora) 9 -- xi: THE GRASSHOPPERS AND THE CORN (Pipil) 98 -- 4 Sun Myths -- xii: THE SUN AND THE FIRE (Huichol) oo -- xiii: HOW THE SUN WAS NAMED (Yaqui) o11 -- xiv: THE CHILDHOOD OF SUN AND MOON (Chatino) 102 -- xv: SUN AND HIS BROTHERS (Tzotzil) 110 -- xvi: THE COURTSHIP OF SUN AND MOON (Kekchi) 112 -- 5 Journeys to the Other World -- xvii:THUNDER'S APPRENTICE (Mam) 116 -- xviii: THE DEAD WIFE (Miskito) 117 -- ix: THE BUZZARD HUSBAND (Tzutujil) 120 -- xx: THE VISIT TO THE ANIMAL MASTER (Chinantec) 123 -- PART THREE: BUILDING MYTHOLOGIES -- 1 Myths in Sequence 129 -- 2 Gods and the Ordering of Space 143 -- 3 Adventures of the Hero 158 -- 4 Writing History 174 -- 5 Myths and Nationalism 188.
650 0 $aIndian mythology$zMexico.
650 0 $aIndian mythology$zCentral America.
650 0 $aIndians of Mexico$vFolklore.
650 0 $aIndians of Central America$vFolklore.
650 0 $aIndians of Mexico$xReligion.
650 0 $aIndians of Central America$xReligion.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy033/2001055441.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0611/2001055441-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/2001055441-b.html