The Hungry Woman: Myths and Legends of the Aztecs

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John Bierhorst
Morrow, 1984 - Social Science - 148 pages
From creation myths to the destruction of ancient Aztec culture by the Spaniards, these are the folktales of Mexico.

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The Flight of Quetzalcoatl
55
The Birth of Huitzilopochtli
65
The Woman of Discord
75
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John Bierhorst
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asked Aztec lore began birds bishop bones called Cantares mexicanos chief server Cihuacoatl city of Mexico Coatlicue codex Códice Ramírez Colhuacan Conquest Copil's heart Cortés Coyolxauhqui cried Crónica mexicana Crónica mexicayotl Crónica X Cuetlaxtlan danced daughter Dead Land Lord Durán dwarfs eagle earth fall of Tula fell fifth sun fire flowers Ghost of Montezuma Girded Loins Guadalupe hagún heard Histoyre du Mechique Huitzilopochtli huitznahua Hungry Woman Juan Bernardino Juan Diego killed king king's lake legends look Malinalxochitl Malintzin Mendieta Mexicans myth Nahuatl in Sahagún Nanahuatl narratives necklaces night ocean omen pepper prickly pear priests Quet Quetzal Quetzalcoatl rain ropes seamstress sent sky lady Snake Mountain song sorcerer Spanish spirits stone story Talking Stone tell Montezuma Tenochtitlan Tenochtli Tepeyacac Tezcatlipoca Tezozomoc tilma Tlatelolco told Toltecs Tonantzin translated trees Tula Virgin Weeping Woman Woman of Discord word zalcoatl

About the author (1984)

John Bierhorst's many books on Latin American folklore & mythology include "The Mythology of South America", "The Mythology of Norther America" & "The Mythology of Mexico & Central America". A specialist in the language & literature of the Aztecs, he is the author of a Nahuatal-English dictionary & the translator of Cantares Mexicanos. He served as editorial advisor for the Smithsonian Series of Studies in Native American Literature; editorial associate for The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces; & editorial consultant for the Encyclopedia of North American Indians. He lives in West Shokan, New York.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Hungry Woman: Myths and Legends of the Aztecs
EditorJohn Bierhorst
Editionillustrated
PublisherMorrow, 1984
Original fromIndiana University
DigitizedJun 18, 2009
ISBN0688027660, 9780688027667
Length148 pages
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Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
  
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