Narratives from Aztec Indian lore.

A Stanford University Press classic.

Over one hundred stories showcasing the wisdom and artistry of one the world’s richest folktale traditions—the first panoramic anthology of Hispano-American folk narratives in ...

Presents a collection of 140 American Indian riddles translated from twenty different languages including Aztec, Maya, Comanche, and Pawnee.

Relates how an Indian warrior, his wife, and son became the first eagles on the earth.

Celebrates an unexpected Native American tradition by translating and illustrating more than 120 riddles form twenty different Native American cultures, including Aztec ...

One of the great documents of colonial Mexico, the Codex Chimalpopoca chronicles the rise of Aztec civilization and preserves the mythology on which it was based. Its two ...

The Lenape, or Delaware, are an Eastern Algonquian people who originally lived in what is now the greater New York and Philadelphia metropolitan region and have since been ...

These stories represent the Aztec, Iroquois, Maya, and Sioux cultures

In this important book, the author uses native testimony and native texts to show how 'animal masters' and natural gardening protect the land from overuse, how living space is ...