The golden land : an anthology of Latin American folklore in literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: De Onís, Harriet, 1899-1969 (ed. and tr.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Portuguese
Spanish
Published: New York, Knopf, 1961.
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Table of Contents:
  • How the Indians believed the Spaniards to be immortal, Which deals with a monkey, the like of which has never been seen / Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo
  • Of the great lady Dona Marina was / Bernal Diaz del Castillo
  • Encounter with the amazons / Gaspar de Carvajal
  • Of the omens and strange portents that took place in Mexico before the fall of the empire / Jose de Acosta
  • The tale of a famous shepherd called Acoya-Napa and the beautiful and discreet Princess Chuqui-Llanto, daughter of the sun / Martin de Morua
  • How the Indians make curare / Jose Gumilla
  • The popol vuh
  • How the new world was discovered, The famous shrine of Titicaca, The strange adventure of Pedro Serrano / Garcilaso de la Vega, Inca
  • King Nezahualcoyotl and the unknown God / Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl
  • El Dorado, The missing sleeve / Juan Rodriguez Freile
  • The quipus of the Indians, Eloquence of the forms and colors of the quipus / Antonio de la Calancha
  • How the queen of heaven, our beloved lady of Guadalupe, appeared / Luis Lasso de la Vega
  • Revolt and coronation of the Negro Miguel / Jose de Oviedo y Banos
  • Annals of the imperial city of Potosi / Bartolome Martinez y Vela
  • Journey of the Mexicans to the land of Anahuac, Enslavement of the Mexicans in Colhuacan, The memorable experience of a Mexican princess / Francisco Javier Clavijero
  • An anecdote from the life of Cortes / Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda
  • Faust / Estanislao del Campo
  • Three anecdotes of Juan Facundo Quiroga / Domingo F. Sarmiento
  • Martin Fierro / Jose Hernandez
  • The goblins of Cuzco, Where and how the devil lost his poncho / Ricardo Palma
  • Simon Magus / Tomas Carrasquilla
  • Guri / Javier de Viana
  • Paid in full / Manuel Bernardez
  • The devil at Pago Chico / Roberto J. Payro
  • The Incubus / Ricardo Rojas
  • The owl / Alberto Gerchunoff
  • Misery and the devil / Ricardo Guiraldes
  • General Quiroga goes to death in a coach / Jorge Luis Borges
  • The little horses of Raquira, Raquira or the Indian and the clay.
  • German Arciniegas
  • Race of bronze / Alcides Arguedas
  • The pin / Ventura Garcia Calderon
  • Ayaymama / Ciro Alegria
  • The old woman of Peralillo / Mariano Latorre
  • Poor nigger / Romulo Gallegos
  • Ignis fatuus / Romulo Gallegos
  • The back yard and the geography of the air / Mariano Picon-Salas
  • Two dollars worth of water / Juan Bosch
  • The birth of corn / Carlos Samayoa Chinchilla
  • The pot of gold / Salvador Salazar Arrue
  • The tales of my aunt Panchita, Brer rabbit, businessman / Carmen Lyra
  • The carnival of the bullets / Martin Luis Guzman
  • Vision of Anahuac / Alfonso Reyes
  • The ballad of Heraclio Bernal, The ballad of Lucio Vazquez, The ballad of Felipe Angeles / Mexican corridos
  • Antonio Conselheiro, the counselor / Euclides de Cunha
  • The yara / Affonso Arinhos de Melo Franco
  • The cattle drovers / Gustavo Barroso
  • The vengeance of the redwood / Jose Bento Monteiro Lobato
  • Old Totonha, The masters and the slaves / Jose LIns de Rego
  • Macunaima / Mario de Andrade.