Golden tales : myths, legends, and folktales from Latin America / retold and illustrated by Lulu Delacre
Author:
Delacre, Lulu
Physical description:
73 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 28 cm
Type:
Folklore
Place:
Latin America
Date:
2001
C2001
Topic:
Legends
Indian mythology
Tales
Call number:
GR114 .D4513 2001
Notes:
First Scholastic trade paperback printing, July 2001
Contents:
How the sea was born : a Taino myth -- Guanina : a Puerto Rican legend, 1511 -- The eleven thousand virgins : a Puerto Rican legend, 1797 -- The laughing skull : a Dominican legend, 1836 -- Sención, the Indian girl : a Cuban folktale, 1816 -- When the sun and the moon were children : a Chatino myth -- How the rainbow was born : a Zapotec myth -- The miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe : a Mexican legend, 1531 -- El Dorado : a Colombian legend, sixteenth century -- Manco Capac and the rod of gold : an Inca/Quechua myth -- Kákuy : a Quechua folktale from Bolivia, sixteenth century -- The courier : a Quechua legend from Bolivia, sixteenth century
