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Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Description
In this book - the companion volume to The Girl From Chimel - Nobel Peace Prize winner and Maya activist Rigoberta Menchu Tum returns to the world of her childhood.
The Honey Jar brings us the ancient stories her grandparents told her when she was a little girl, and we can imagine her listening to them by the fire at night. These Maya tales include creation myths, a classic story about the magic twins (which can also be found in the Popol Vuh), explanations...
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this retold Maya legend, the moon, brought from the sky by a blowgun and broken into pieces, must come to her own rescue, enlisting the help of little fish to glue her back together. At last she rises taking her new friends with her to create the Milky Way.
10) Cucu' Or Cuckoo
Author
Pub. Date
2000, c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A traditional Mayan tale which reveals how the cuckoo lost her beautiful feathers.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
The mythology of Mesoamerica, which encompasses the general region of Central America, is a vast mixture of mythologies from many cultures. Yet even with so many cultures in the mix, each of the mythologies covers the same basic themes including those about creation and the afterlife.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Take a trip to the other side with these standout stories of world mythology In Marwe's East African village, food is scarce. When she ruins the village's crops, she can't face her angry family. Instead, she runs off―into the Land of the Dead. Marwe knows her home is elsewhere. But will she find the courage that will return her to the land of the living? The Mayan gods have blessed Hunahpu and Xbalanque with special gifts. One of them, the twins'...
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