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The sea-ringed world : sacred stories of the Americas  Cover Image Book Book

The sea-ringed world : sacred stories of the Americas

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 9781646140152
  • ISBN: 164614015X
  • ISBN: 9781646140169
  • Physical Description: print
    vii, 231 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm
  • Publisher: Montclair : Levine Querido, 2021.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
"Originally published as Diccionario de mitos de América by Ediciones El Naranjo, Mexico City, Mexico" -- Title page verso.
"This is an Em Querido book published by Levine Querido"--Title page verso
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-231).
Formatted Contents Note: Spider Grandmother (Hopi) -- Aztlan (Mexica (Nahua)) -- Bacabs (Maya) -- Bochia (Muisca) -- Coatlicue (Mexica (Nahua)) -- Hummingbird (Guarani) -- Great flood (Andean) -- Golden King (Muisca) -- Brave Souls of the Dead (Mapuche) -- Bunched Stars (Niitsitapi (Blackfoot)) -- Sak Nikte (Maya) -- Land of the Fire (Selk'nam (Ona)) -- Guabancex (Taino) -- Guahayona (Taino) -- Hun and Vucub (K'iche' (Maya)) -- Hurakan (K'iche' (Maya)) -- Ixquic the Maiden (K'iche' (Maya)) -- K'awil and the Prince (Mopan (Maya)) -- Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl (Nahua) -- Heart of the Mountain (Nahua) -- Ball game (K'iche' (Maya)) -- Kukulkan (Yucatec and K'iche' (Maya)) -- Kuyen (Mapuche) -- Llorona (Nahua and colonial) -- Aakulujjuusi and Uumarnituq (Inuit) -- Mayahuel (Nahua) -- Monetá (Muisca) -- Nahual (Nahua) -- Nanahuatzin (Nahua) -- Ñamandú (Guarani) -- Ñandesy (Guarani) -- White-faced Bear (Alutiiq (Sugpiag)) -- Oxomoco and Cipactonal (Nahua) -- Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal (Nahua) -- Pacha Kamaq (Andean) -- Shepherd and Maiden (Andean) -- Quetzalcoatl (Toltec (Nahua) -- Quilaztli (Mexica (Nahua)) -- Oak tree (Oceti Sakowin (Sioux)) -- Rimac (Andean) -- Sedna (Inuit) -- Sibo (Cabecar and Bribri) -- Tamoanchan (Nahua) -- Tlalocan (Nahua) -- Uirapuru (Guarani) -- Universe (Mexica (Nahua)) -- Blue Deer (Wixarika (Huichol)) -- Viracocha (Andean) -- Gichi-manidoo (Ojibwe) -- Waleker (Wayuu) -- Xibalba (K'iche' (Maya)) -- Xolotl (Nahua) -- Yaya and Yayael (Taino) -- Yupanqui (Andean) -- Cemis (Taino) -- Zamna (Itza (Maya)).
Language Note:
Translated from the Spanish.
Awards Note:
Batchelder Honor Book, 2020.
Subject: Indian mythology Juvenile literature
Indians Folklore Juvenile literature
Mythology Dictionaries, Juvenile
Indians of North America Folklore
Indians of Central America Folklore
Indians of South America Folklore
Mythology Dictionaries Juvenile literature
Indians Folklore
Indian mythology
Mythologie indienne d'Amérique Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Indiens d'Amérique Folklore Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Mythologie Dictionnaires anglais Ouvrages pour la jeunesse
Indiens d'Amérique Amérique centrale Folklore
Mythologie Dictionnaires pour la jeunesse
JUVENILE NONFICTION People & Places Caribbean & Latin America
JUVENILE NONFICTION History Central & South America
JUVENILE NONFICTION People & Places United States Native American
Mythology
Indians of South America
Indians of North America
Indians of Central America
Indian mythology
Indians
First Nations
Native Americans Religion
Native Americans Folklore
Native Americans Central America
Mythology
Native Americans Religion Juvenile literature
Native Americans South America
Genre: Dictionary
folk tales.
dictionaries.
Dictionaries.
Folk tales.
Folklore.
Juvenile works.
Myths.
Folk tales.
Folk tales.
Myths.
Dictionaries.
Contes.
Mythes.
Dictionnaires.

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