The Black-Man of Zinacantan: A Central American Legend

by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy and Sarah Blaffer

Book Overview

The subject of this work is anomalies--those things that are between one state and another, neither dead nor alive, neither animal nor human. In this instance, they are the "spooks" (espantos) that inhabit the Maya area: the charcoal-cruncher, a disembodied head that goes off into the night to eat charcoal; the characotels, men who have turned into animals in order to steal chickens; and others. The victims chosen by spooks are likewise...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292739850
• ISBN13: 9780292739857
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"