| Uniform title | Diccionario de mitos de América. English |
| Portion of title |
Sacred stories of the Americas |
| Contents |
Spider Grandmother: Hopi -- Aztlan: Mexica (Nahua) -- Bacabs: Maya -- Bochia: Muisca -- Coatlicue: Mexica (Nahua) -- Hummingbird: Guarani -- Great flood: Andean -- Golden King: Muisca -- Brave Souls of the Dead: Mapuche -- Bunched Stars: Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) -- Sak Nikte: Maya -- Land of the Fire: Selk'nam (Ona) -- Guabancex: Taino -- Guahayona: Taino -- Hun and Vucub: K'iche' (Maya) -- Hurakan: K'iche' (Maya) -- Ixquic the Maiden: K'iche' (Maya) -- K'awil and the Prince: Mopan (Maya) -- Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl: Nahua -- Heart of the Mountain: Nahua -- Ball Game: K'iche' (Maya) -- Kukulkan: Yucatec and K'iche' (Maya) -- Kuyen: Mapuche -- Llorona: Nahua and colonial -- Aakulujjuusi and Uumarnituq: Inuit -- Mayahuel: Nahua -- Monetá: Muisca -- Nahual: Nahua -- Nanahuatzin: Nahua -- Ñamandú: Guarani -- Ñandesy: Guarani -- White-faced Beat: Alutiiq (Sugpiag) -- Oxomoco and Cipactonal: Nahua -- Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal: Nahua -- Pacha Kamaq: Andean -- Shepherd and Maiden: Andean -- Quetzalcoatl: Toltec (Nahua) -- Quilaztli: Mexica (Nahua) -- Oak Tree: Oceti Sakowin (Sioux) -- Rimac: Andean -- Sedna: Inuit -- Sibo: Cabecar and Bribri -- Tamoanchan: Nahua -- Tlalocan: Nahua -- Uirapuru: Guarani -- Universe: Mexica (Nahua) -- Blue Deer: Wixarika (Huichol) -- Viracocha: Andean -- Gichi-manidoo: Ojibwe -- Waleker: Wayuu -- Xibalba: K'iche' (Maya) -- Xolotl: Nahua -- Yaya and Yayael: Taino -- Yupanqui: Andean -- Cemis: Taino -- Zamna: Itza (Maya). |
| Abstract |
Presents a collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents, the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it, from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska. |
| General note | "Originally published as Diccionario de mitos de América by Ediciones El Naranjo, Mexico City, Mexico" -- Title page verso. |
| General note | "This is an Em Querido book published by Levine Querido" -- Title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-231). |
| Interest age level |
Ages 8 and up |
| Interest grade level |
Grades 5-12 |
| Language | Translated from the Spanish. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: García Esperón, María. Diccionario de mitos de América. English. Sea-ringed world. Montclair : Levine Querido, 2021 9781646140169 |
| Genre/form | Dictionaries. |
| Genre/form | Folk tales. |
| Genre/form | Folk tales. |
| Genre/form | Folklore. |
| Genre/form | Juvenile works. |
| Genre/form | Myths. |
| Genre/form | Myths. |
| LCCN | 2019956982 |
| ISBN | 9781646140152 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 164614015X (hardcover) |
| Stock number | Chronicle Books Llc, C/O Hachette Book Group USA 53 State st 9th Fl, Boston, MA, USA, 02109 SAN 200-2205 |
