The sea-ringed world : sacred stories of the Americas / María García Esperón ; illustrated by Amanda Mijangos ; translated by David Bowles.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: Montclair : Levine Querido, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: vii, 231 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 28 cmContent type: - text
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- 9781646140152
- 164614015X
- Diccionario de mitos de América. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Batchelder Award Honor Book
School Library Journal Best of the Year
Kirkus Best of the Year
Booklist Editors' Choice
Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids
Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best
ABC Group Best Books for Young Readers
"Hypnotizing...Provocative...Disarming"--The New York Times
"Evocative and stirring...mesmerizing to read aloud."--The Wall Street Journal
★ "Visually striking...full of vivid language."--Publishers Weekly (starred)
★ A rich anthology to understand and delight in Native traditions."--Booklist (starred)
★ "Begs to be read aloud."--Kirkus (starred)
★ "Impressive, handsome, and universally appealing."--Horn Book (starred)
★ "Breathtaking and simply beautiful."--School Library Journal (starred)
★ "The language sparkles and the tales beg to be read aloud."--School Library Connection (starred)
"Visually arresting, captivating collection of traditional stories."--Shelf-Awareness
"David Bowles' graceful translation renders this volume an excellent addition to any storytelling collection."--BCCB
"One-of-a-kind...A collection that will appeal to children, but also to any lover and collector of books."--BookRiot
A collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents--the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it--from the Andes all the way up to Alaska.
Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories.
"Originally published as Diccionario de mitos de América by Ediciones El Naranjo, Mexico City, Mexico" -- Title page verso.
"This is an Em Querido book published by Levine Querido" -- Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-231).
Spider Grandmother: Hopi -- Aztlan: Meixa (Nahua) -- Bacabs: Maya -- Bochia: Muisca -- Coatlicue: Mexica (Nahua) -- Hummingbird: Guarani -- Great flood: Andean -- Golden King: Muisca -- Brave Souls of the Dead: Mapuche -- Bunched Stars: Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) -- Sak Nikte: Maya -- Land of the Fire: Selk'nam (ona) -- Guabancex: Taino -- Guahayona: Taino -- Hun and Vucub: K'iche' (Maya) -- Hurakan: K'iche' (Maya) -- Ixquic the Maiden: K'iche' (Maya) -- K'awil and the Prince: Mopan (Maya) -- Iztaccihuatl and Popocatepetl: Nahua -- Heart of the Mountain: Nahua -- Ball Game: K'iche' (Maya) -- Kukulkan: Yucatec and K'iche' (Maya) -- Kuyen: Mapuche -- Llorona: Nahua and colonial -- Aakulujjuusi and Uumarnituq: Inuit -- Mayahuel: Nahua -- Monetá: Muisca -- Nahual: Nahua -- Nanahuatzin: Nahua -- Ñamandú: Guarani -- Ñandesy: Guarani -- White-faced Beat: Alutiiq (Sugpiag) -- Oxomoco and Cipactonal: Nahua -- Xochipilli and Xochiquetzal: Nahua -- Pacha Kamaq: Andean -- Shepherd and Maiden: Andean -- Quetzalcoatl: Toltec (Nahua) -- Quilaztli: Mexico (Nahua) -- Oak Tree: Oceti Sakowin (Sioux) -- Rimac: Andean -- Sedna: Inuit -- Sibo: Cabecar and Bribri -- Tamoanchan: Nahua -- Tlalocan: Nahua -- Uirapuru: Guarani -- Universe: Mexica (Nahua) -- Blue Deer: Wixarika (Huichol) -- Viracocha: Andean -- Gichi-manidoo: Ojibwe -- Waleker: Wayuu -- Xibalba: K'iche' (Maya) -- Xolotl: Nahua -- Yaya and Yayael: Taino -- Yupanqui: Andean -- Cemis: Taino -- Zamna: Itza (Maya).
Presents a collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents, the Sea-Ringed World, as the Aztecs called it, from the edge of Argentina all the way up to Alaska.
Translated from the Spanish.