Yucatec Maya Collection of William Blunk-Fernández and Michael Carrasco
Colección Yucateco de William Blunk-Fernández y Michael Carrasco
Object Details
| Collection Language | Maya, Yucatec |
| Language PID | ailla:119573 |
| Title [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Title | |
| Title | Yucatec Maya Collection of William Blunk-Fernández and Michael Carrasco |
| Country(ies) | Mexico |
| Collector(s) | Carrasco, Michael Blunk-Fernández, William |
| Depositor(s) | Blunk-Fernández, William |
| Project/Collector Website | |
| Description [Indigenous] | |
| Language of Indigenous Description | |
| Description | This collection contains audio recordings of traditional narratives. |
| References |
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- The dragonfly
- X-táurich is a short story about a Mayan belief that if a dragonfly comes to your house, then you should expect visitors., X-táurich es un cuento corto sobre una creencia maya que si una libélula viene a su casa, usted debe esperar visitantes.
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- A native species of ant
- Xuulab is a short story about a native species of ant that is said to announce rain when they enter a house., Xuulab es un cuento corto sobre una especie nativa de hormiga que es dicho a anunciar la lluvia cuando ellos entran en una casa.
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- Peter and John are twins
- This humorous narrative describes a story about twins that try to marry a princess from Maní by answering the king's riddles. The storyteller, Don Domingo, alternates between Maya and Spanish to explain the narrative, Este narrativo cómico describe un cuento sobre los gemelos que intentan a casarse á una princesa de Maní por contestar acertijos del rey. El hablante, Don Domingo, alterna entre maya y español para explicar el narrativo.
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- The turtle
- Le aak'o' is a short story describing Maya beliefs about turtles., Le aak'o' es un cuento corto describe las creencias maya sobre las tortugas.
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- X-tabaay
- This story describes a mythical beautiful woman who attacks drunk men and plays tricks on them., Este cuento describe una señorita hermosa mítica que ataca hombres borrachos y los engaña.
