retold and edited by Susan Conklin Thompson, Keith Steven Thompson, and Lidia López de López
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Westport, Conn. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Libraries Unlimited,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xlii, 179 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
26 cm
SERIES
Series Title
World folklore series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
pt. 1. Animal tales -- Uncle Rabbit, Uncle Coyote = Tío conejo, tío coyote -- The rabbit and the crab = El conejo y el cangrejo -- Sometimes right is repaid with wrong = A veces el bien con el mal se paga -- The ant, the flea, the puma, and the fox = La hormiga, el piojo, el puma y la zorra -- The buzzard and the dove = La paloma y el zopilote -- pt. 2. Stories of masters -- Mirandía Hill = El cerro Mirandía -- The disobedient child = El niño desobediente -- The master of the canyons = El dueño de los barrancos -- The two orphans = Los dos huérfanos -- The spirit of the water = El espíritu del agua -- The screamer of the night = El gritón de la noche -- pt. 3. Stories about people -- Don Jacinto -- The song of the owl and the howl of the coyote = El canto del tecolote y el aullido del coyote -- The moon = La luna -- The lying King = El rey mentiroso -- pt. 4. Encountering the supernatural -- The weeping woman = La Llorona -- The stingy old woman = La anciana miserable -- How the serpent was born = De cómo nació la víbora -- The goblin = El duende -- The Simanagua = La simanagua -- The dwarf = El enanito -- The giant Nimalej' mo's = El gigante Nimalej' mo's -- pt. 5. Supernatural animals -- The man and the buzzard = El hombre y el zopilote -- The little boy who talked with birds = El niño que hablaba con los pájaros -- The cadejo = El cadejo -- The man who became rich = El hombre que se hizo rico -- Seven colors = El siete colores