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Guatemalan Folklore: Popol Vuh, Nagual, La Llorona, Dogs in Mesoamerican Folklore and Myth, Tecn Umn, Cadejo, San Pascualito, Alux, Maximn

Guatemalan Folklore: Popol Vuh, Nagual, La Llorona, Dogs in Mesoamerican Folklore and Myth, Tecn Umn, Cadejo, San Pascualito, Alux, Maximn


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Popol Vuh, Nagual, La Llorona, Dogs in Mesoamerican Folklore and Myth, Tecn Umn, Cadejo, San Pascualito, Alux, Maximn, Baile de La Conquista, El Sombrern, Tonal, Worry Doll. Excerpt: An alux (Mayan:, plural: aluxo'ob: ) is the name given to a type of sprite or spirit in the mythological tradition of certain Maya peoples from the Yucatn Peninsula and Guatemala . Aluxob are conceived of as being small, only about knee-high, and in appearance resembling miniature traditionally dressed Maya people. Tradition holds that aluxob are generally invisible but are able to assume physical form for purposes of communicating with and frightening humans as well as to congregate together. They are generally associated with natural features such as forests, caves, stones, and fields but can also be enticed to move somewhere through offerings. Their description and mythological role are somewhat reminiscent of other sprite-like mythical entities in a number of other cultural traditions (such as the Celtic leprechaun ), as the tricks they play are similar. Some Maya believe that the Aluxob are called into being when a farmer builds a little house on his property, most often in a maize field ( milpa ). For seven years, the alux will help the corn grow, summon rain and patrol the fields at night, whistling to scare off predators or crop thieves. At the end of seven years, the farmer must close the windows and doors of the little house, sealing the alux inside. If this is not done, the alux will run wild and start playing tricks on people. Some contemporary Maya even consider the single- and double-story shrines that dot the countryside to be kahtal alux, the "houses of the alux" (although their true origins and purpose are unknown). Stories say that they will occasionally stop and ask farm...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155201535
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 66
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Weight: 109 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155201531
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Popol Vuh, Nagual, La Llorona, Dogs in Mesoamerican Folklore and Myth, Tecn Umn, Cadejo, San Pascualito, Alux, Maximn
  • Width: 229 mm


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