| Description |
vii, 231 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cm |
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age Children lcdgt |
| Note |
"Originally published as Diccionario de Mitos de América by Ediciones El Naranjo, Mexico City, Mexico"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-231). |
| Contents |
Spider grandmother -- Aztlan -- Bacabs -- Bochica -- Coatlicue -- Hummingbird -- Great flood -- Golden king -- Brave souls of the dead -- Bunched stars. |
| Summary |
Presents a collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents, the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it, from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska. Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Folklore.
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Indians of South America -- Folklore.
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Indians -- Folklore.
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Indian mythology -- Juvenile literature.
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Folklore -- North America -- Juvenile literature.
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Folklore -- South America -- Juvenile literature.
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North America -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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South America -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Folk tales.
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| Added Author |
Mijangos, Amanda, 1986- illustrator.
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Bowles, David (David O.), translator.
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| Added Title |
Sacred stories of the Americas |
| ISBN |
9781646140152 |
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164614015X |
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