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Latino American Folktales
Thomas A. Green, ed.
ISBN: 0-313-36299-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-36299-6
174 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 3/20/2009
List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £34.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • "Continuing his series collecting folktales of various national and ethnic groups in the US, Green (anthropology, Texas A&M U.) presents a selection of fictional tales, legends, myths, and personal experience narratives from people of Latin American heritage. Among the titles are Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca, Maria the ash girl, Francisco Trujillo and Billy the Kid, Princess Papantzin's resurrection, the accursed bell, and the witch deer. He has gleaned the tales from previous collections, and introduces each one briefly."
    —Reference & Research Book News     August 2009
Description: Latino Americans have a powerful voice in society and a wealth of cultural traditions. Fundamental to those traditions are numerous folktales. Some are funny, some draw upon the supernatural, some look back on ancestral ways, and some capture the experience of Latinos in the United States. Written expressly for students and general readers, this book assembles and comments on a wide range of Latino American folktales. These are grouped in topical sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural.

Each tale is introduced by a headnote, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography of print and electronic resources suitable for student research. Students of literature and language will value this book for its exploration of Latino American folktales, while students of history and society will welcome its illumination of the Latino American experience. The more than 30 tales are grouped in thematic sections on origins; heroes, heroines, villains, and fools; society and conflict; and the supernatural.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
    1. Origins
    Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipoca
    Jesus
    The Peak of Gold
    Becoming American
    2. Heroes, Heroines, Villains, and Fools
    The Little Green Rabbit
    A New Mexico David
    John Tiger
    The Boy Who Became King
    Maria the Ash Girl
    Blanca Flor
    The Bear Prince
    The Prohibited Chamber
    Tale of the Rabbit
    Brother Coyote
    Sister Fox and Brother Coyote
    Pedro de Urdemalas
    Pablo Apodaca and the Bear
    3. Society and Conflict
    Manuel Jesus Vasques: A Life on the Southwest Frontier
    Francisco Trujillo and Billy the Kid
    Elfego Baca
    Sunday Seven
    The Bird of the Sweet Song
    The Louse Skin Coat
    4. The Supernatural
    Papantzin
    Clemencia and Jos
    The Giants Secret
    La Llorona
    Bullet-Swallower
    The Accursed Bell
    El Seor Milagroso Rescues a Stingy Son
    The Penitent Brothers
    The Living Spectre
    Three Live Witches
    The Witch Deer
    Witch Tales from New Mexico
    Selected Bibliography
About the Author: THOMAS A. GREEN is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Texas A&M University. His many books include The Greenwood Library of American Folktales (2006), and The Greenwood Library of World Folktales (2008).
LCC Class: 398.208968'073-dc22
PDF Catalogs:
Academic Library Spring 2009.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference 2009.pdf
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