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In the language of kings : an anthology of Mesoamerican literature--pre-Columbian to the present / [edited by] Miguel León-Portilla and Earl Shorris with Sylvia S. Shorris ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, 2001.Description: xxix, 718 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 039302010X
  • 9780393020106
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PM3097.E1 I5 2001
Contents:
Foreword: On the Pleasures of the Amateur / Earl Shorris -- Four Pre-Columbian Documents -- The New Geography of Mesoamerica -- Bk. I. Nahua Literature. 1. Songs and Poems. 1. Metaphysical Poems. 2. Bawdy Poems. 3. War Songs. 4. Otomi Songs in Nahuatl. 5. Attributed Songs. 2. Sacred Narrative. 1. Quetzalcoatl's Hero Journey. 2. The Founding of Tenochtitlan. 3. The Birth of Huitzilopochtli. 3. Sacred Hymns, Prayers, and Ceremonies. 1. Hymn to Xipe Totec. 2. Song of Cihuacoatl. 3. Hymn to Tlaloc. 4. Invocation of Tezcatlipoca. 5. Prayer to Tlazolteotl. 4. Huehuetlahtolli ("Discourses of the Elders"). Florentine Codex, Book VI. The Bancroft Dialogues. Ceremonies of Sacrifice -- Florentine Codex. 5. Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors. Proverbs. Conundrums. Metaphors. 6. Historical Narratives. Extract from Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca. The Fall of Tenochtitlan. The Conquest of Tenochtitlan. 7. Nahua Historians of the Colonial Period. Cronica Mexicayotl. The Prophecy of the High Priest Tenochtli by Chimalpain. 8. Christian Proselytizing Literature. The Dialogues of 1524. Christian Psalms. Christian Theater -- Holy Week Drama. Christian Epic Literature -- Nican Mopohua. Christian Pageant -- The Tepozteco. The Dance of the Great Conquest. 9. Colonial Literature of Daily Life. Letters and Proclamations. Official Texts. 10. Modern Nahua Literature. 1. The Poet. 2. Life and Death in Milpa Alta. 3. Manifestos of Emiliano Zapata. 4. Dona Luz Jimenez Stories. 5. Madrecita. 6. Coyotes of Today. 7. A New Dialogue of Flowers and Songs by Xochime. 8. On a Diet. 9. Three Works by Natalio Hernandez Xocoyotzin. 10. Lord of Night by Librado Silva Galeana -- Bk. II. Maya Literature. 1. Sacred Narrative. The Popol Vuh. The Chilam Balam of Chumayel. 2. Dramatic Literature. The Rabinal Achi. 3. Political Literature. Title of the Lords of Totonicapan. 4. Prophetic and Historical Literature. 1. Conquest -- Chilam Balam of Mani. 2. Character Predictions -- Chilam Balam of Mani. 3. The Secret History of the Itza -- Chilam Balam of Tizimin. 4. A Spanish Raid: Maya Chronicles. 5. The Cakchiquel History: Annals of the Cakchiquels. 6. Last Flight of the Quetzal Prince -- Titles from the House of Ixquim-Nehaib. 7. The Death of Cuauhtemoc -- A Chontal Story. 8. From the Cronica de Chac-Xulub-Chen. 5. Songs and Incantations. 1. Rituals of the Bacabs. 2. The Songs of Dzitbalche. 3. Prayers for Rain. 4. A Lacandon Song. 5. A Chorti Curing Ritual. 6. A Song for His Wizard. 7. Bright Star of Evening. 6. Maya Proverbs and Kennings. Proverbs. Kennings. Creencias. 7. Myths, Legends, and Poems. 1. On the Human Condition and the Moral Order -- The Chamula Origin Story. 2. What the World Used to Be Like -- A Chorti Origin Story. 3. The Sweeper of the Path. 4. The Famine. 5. A Faithful Husband. 6. Awaken the Flint! (A Battle Song). 8. Modern Historical and Pragmatic Narratives. 1. The Proclamation of Juan de la Cruz, 1850. 2. The War of Santa Rosa, 1868-70. 3. At the Time of the Closing of the Churches, 1935. 4. Pajarito's War. 5. The Origin of the Ladinos. 6. The First Two Months of the Zapatistas. 9. Modern Stories, Fables, and Poems. The Little Bird and the Monkey by Miguel Angel May May. The Son Who Came Back from the United States. Butterflies of Four Colors by Feliciano Sanchez Chan. Seven Poems by Humberto Ak'abal. At the Side of the Road -- Essay by Humberto Ak'abal. Buzzard by Humberto Ak'abal. Two Poems by Briceida Cuevas Cob. The Little Bee (a fable) -- Bk. III. Other Mesoamerican Literatures. 1. Mixtec. The Mixtec Creation Myth. 2. Mazatec. Chant by Maria Sabina. Five Poems by Juan Gregorio Regino. 3. Zapotec. 1. A Historical Legend. 2. Blessing of the Wedding Couple. 3. Zapoteco by Gabriel Lopez Chinas. 4. Three Poems by Mario Molina Cruz. 4. Otomi. In the Revolution of 1910. Seven Erotic Otomi Songs and One Farewell. The River Passes. 5. Purepecha. The Chronicle of Michoacan. The Lazy One. The Flower of the Dead. 6. Tlapanec. The Word Shall Always Bloom by Abad Carrasco Zuniga. Bibliographical Essay / Ascension H. de Leon-Portilla.
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Foreword: On the Pleasures of the Amateur / Earl Shorris -- Four Pre-Columbian Documents -- The New Geography of Mesoamerica -- Bk. I. Nahua Literature. 1. Songs and Poems. 1. Metaphysical Poems. 2. Bawdy Poems. 3. War Songs. 4. Otomi Songs in Nahuatl. 5. Attributed Songs. 2. Sacred Narrative. 1. Quetzalcoatl's Hero Journey. 2. The Founding of Tenochtitlan. 3. The Birth of Huitzilopochtli. 3. Sacred Hymns, Prayers, and Ceremonies. 1. Hymn to Xipe Totec. 2. Song of Cihuacoatl. 3. Hymn to Tlaloc. 4. Invocation of Tezcatlipoca. 5. Prayer to Tlazolteotl. 4. Huehuetlahtolli ("Discourses of the Elders"). Florentine Codex, Book VI. The Bancroft Dialogues. Ceremonies of Sacrifice -- Florentine Codex. 5. Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors. Proverbs. Conundrums. Metaphors. 6. Historical Narratives. Extract from Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca. The Fall of Tenochtitlan. The Conquest of Tenochtitlan. 7. Nahua Historians of the Colonial Period. Cronica Mexicayotl. The Prophecy of the High Priest Tenochtli by Chimalpain. 8. Christian Proselytizing Literature. The Dialogues of 1524. Christian Psalms. Christian Theater -- Holy Week Drama. Christian Epic Literature -- Nican Mopohua. Christian Pageant -- The Tepozteco. The Dance of the Great Conquest. 9. Colonial Literature of Daily Life. Letters and Proclamations. Official Texts. 10. Modern Nahua Literature. 1. The Poet. 2. Life and Death in Milpa Alta. 3. Manifestos of Emiliano Zapata. 4. Dona Luz Jimenez Stories. 5. Madrecita. 6. Coyotes of Today. 7. A New Dialogue of Flowers and Songs by Xochime. 8. On a Diet. 9. Three Works by Natalio Hernandez Xocoyotzin. 10. Lord of Night by Librado Silva Galeana -- Bk. II. Maya Literature. 1. Sacred Narrative. The Popol Vuh. The Chilam Balam of Chumayel. 2. Dramatic Literature. The Rabinal Achi. 3. Political Literature. Title of the Lords of Totonicapan. 4. Prophetic and Historical Literature. 1. Conquest -- Chilam Balam of Mani. 2. Character Predictions -- Chilam Balam of Mani. 3. The Secret History of the Itza -- Chilam Balam of Tizimin. 4. A Spanish Raid: Maya Chronicles. 5. The Cakchiquel History: Annals of the Cakchiquels. 6. Last Flight of the Quetzal Prince -- Titles from the House of Ixquim-Nehaib. 7. The Death of Cuauhtemoc -- A Chontal Story. 8. From the Cronica de Chac-Xulub-Chen. 5. Songs and Incantations. 1. Rituals of the Bacabs. 2. The Songs of Dzitbalche. 3. Prayers for Rain. 4. A Lacandon Song. 5. A Chorti Curing Ritual. 6. A Song for His Wizard. 7. Bright Star of Evening. 6. Maya Proverbs and Kennings. Proverbs. Kennings. Creencias. 7. Myths, Legends, and Poems. 1. On the Human Condition and the Moral Order -- The Chamula Origin Story. 2. What the World Used to Be Like -- A Chorti Origin Story. 3. The Sweeper of the Path. 4. The Famine. 5. A Faithful Husband. 6. Awaken the Flint! (A Battle Song). 8. Modern Historical and Pragmatic Narratives. 1. The Proclamation of Juan de la Cruz, 1850. 2. The War of Santa Rosa, 1868-70. 3. At the Time of the Closing of the Churches, 1935. 4. Pajarito's War. 5. The Origin of the Ladinos. 6. The First Two Months of the Zapatistas. 9. Modern Stories, Fables, and Poems. The Little Bird and the Monkey by Miguel Angel May May. The Son Who Came Back from the United States. Butterflies of Four Colors by Feliciano Sanchez Chan. Seven Poems by Humberto Ak'abal. At the Side of the Road -- Essay by Humberto Ak'abal. Buzzard by Humberto Ak'abal. Two Poems by Briceida Cuevas Cob. The Little Bee (a fable) -- Bk. III. Other Mesoamerican Literatures. 1. Mixtec. The Mixtec Creation Myth. 2. Mazatec. Chant by Maria Sabina. Five Poems by Juan Gregorio Regino. 3. Zapotec. 1. A Historical Legend. 2. Blessing of the Wedding Couple. 3. Zapoteco by Gabriel Lopez Chinas. 4. Three Poems by Mario Molina Cruz. 4. Otomi. In the Revolution of 1910. Seven Erotic Otomi Songs and One Farewell. The River Passes. 5. Purepecha. The Chronicle of Michoacan. The Lazy One. The Flower of the Dead. 6. Tlapanec. The Word Shall Always Bloom by Abad Carrasco Zuniga. Bibliographical Essay / Ascension H. de Leon-Portilla.