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Author
Publisher
World Book, a Scott Fetzer company
Pub. Date
c2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Myths and legends from Central and South America. Features include information about the history and culture behind the myths, pronunciations, lists of deities, word glossary, further information, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
First Dell Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
A story based on Dominican folklore, about ciguapes, a tribe of beautiful underwater people whose feet are attached backward, with toes pointing in the direction from which they have come.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Central
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The mythology of Mesoamerica, which encompasses the general region of Central America, is a vast mixture of mythologies from many cultures. Yet even with so many cultures in the mix, each of the mythologies covers the same basic themes including those about creation and the afterlife.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Tecolote
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
Description
Tradition says that after the world was created, the Tlacuache (opossum) decided to go in search of fire as a gift to men. He went through several villages and came to the top of a mountain to steal a coal from Mrs. Fire. "With the fire men were men and that's how the story began." This legend, analyzed by Maestro Alfredo L©đpez Austin, appears in several indigenous traditions.
Author
Series
Age of the seventh sun volume 3
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
To the Chicome people, an eclipse is a time of terror. When darkness falls, the barrier separating the heavens and the earth becomes unstable. Then come the ravening Tzitzimime--the star demons who thirst for human blood. Mayana and Ahkin know the full extent of the coming danger, but they must gather support or the Chicome Empire is doomed. As the eclipse nears, many maneuver for power in this deadly game of worlds ending. Metzi, Ahkin's treacherous...