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1) The creation of the sun and the moon

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A retelling of an ancient Mexican Indian legend about how the sun and the moon were created from bits of stars gathered by two brave warriors.

2) Mexican folk tales

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Piggott, Juliet

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Retells eleven Mexican legends, results of European influence on traditional Indian lore.

3) The eagle on the cactus: traditional tales from Mexico = El águila encima del nopal : cuentos tradicionales de Mexico

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Vigil, Angel

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Collects legends and stories to be shared aloud, including tales of tricksters, transformation, magic and adventure, dos compadres, animals, and the world's beginning.

4) Mexican folktales from the borderland

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Aiken, Riley

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A collection of Mexican folktales.

5) An epoch of miracles: oral literature of the Yucatec Maya

6) Mexican and Central American mythology

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Nicholson, Irene

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Our knowledge of ancient Mexico and Central America first came to us through Spain. At first sight their civilization appeared to the invading Spaniards to be drowning in blood. They received an impression of stupefying horror--every day of the calendar produced a reason for the wholesale slaughter of victims. But some among them paused to wonder how a world of such unimagined wealth, with an art of astonishing richness, could evolve within an atmosphere...

7) Doctor Coyote: a Native American Aesop's fables

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Bierhorst, John

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Coyote is featured in each of these Aztec interpretations of Aesop's fables. The illustrations are set in the twentieth century.

8) The mythology of Mexico and Central America

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Bierhorst, John

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Discusses the mythology from Indians of various regions of Mexico and Central America, describing origins, comparing the similar tales, and presenting some of the myths themselves.

9) The people of the bat: Mayan tales and dreams from Zinacantán

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This is a book about dreams, myths, and tales from Zina Cantan, a small Maya community in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico.

10) The Hungry woman: myths and legends of the Aztecs

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A collection of narratives from Aztec Indian lore.

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1) The creation of the sun and the moon

2) Mexican folk tales

3) The eagle on the cactus: traditional tales from Mexico = El águila encima del nopal : cuentos tradicionales de Mexico

4) Mexican folktales from the borderland

5) An epoch of miracles: oral literature of the Yucatec Maya

6) Mexican and Central American mythology

7) Doctor Coyote: a Native American Aesop's fables

8) The mythology of Mexico and Central America

9) The people of the bat: Mayan tales and dreams from Zinacantán

10) The Hungry woman: myths and legends of the Aztecs

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