The Bird Who Cleans the World: and Other Mayan Fables

By Victor Montejo

Book Overview

"The Bird Who Cleans the World and other Mayan Fables" is collection of Jakaltek Mayan folktales, first told to the author by his mother and the elders of his Guatemalan village. They deal with the themes of creation, nature, mutual respect, and ethnic relations and conflicts. Told here for the first time in English and illustrated with Mayan images, these stories and fables speak eloquently of an ancient culture, at once preserving its history and recreating its tradition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091530693X
• ISBN13: 9780915306930
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Curbstone Press
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"