Mayan Tales from Chiapas, Mexico

By Robert M. Laughlin
Contributions by Francisca Hernández Hernández / Edited by Hernández Gómez Socorro and Juan Benito de la Torre
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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About The Book

Presented here in English, Tzotzil, and Spanish are forty-two stories told to Robert Laughlin in Tzotzil by the only speaker of Tzotzil left in the village of San Felipe Ecatepec in Chiapas, Mexico. The stories range from mythological sacred stories to historical accounts of life in the twentieth century.

About The Author

Robert M. Laughlin

Robert M. Laughlin is a curator emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution. His Travelers to the Other World: A Maya View of North America is also available from University of New Mexico Press.

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  • Publisher: UNM Press (July 15, 2014)
  • Length: 288 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826354488

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Mayan Tales from Chiapas, Mexico

By Robert M. Laughlin
Contributions by Francisca Hernández Hernández / Edited by Hernández Gómez Socorro and Juan Benito de la Torre
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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