Nahuat Myth and Social Structure

by James M. Taggart

Overview

First published in 1983, Nahuat Myth and Social Structure brings together an important collection of modern-day Aztec Indian folktales and vividly demonstrates how these tales have been shaped by the social structure of the communities in which they are told.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780292785731
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Publication date:	07/22/2010
Series:	Texas Pan American Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	9 MB

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments
	A Note on Nahuat Orthography
1	Introduction	1
2	The Nahuat	15
3	Huitzilan de Serdan	29
4	Santiago Yaonahuac	40
5	Space and Time	55
6	Nahuat and Hispanics	67
7	Narrative Acculturation	85
8	Men Who Enter the Forest	114
9	Lightning-bolts Who Punish Sin	161
10	Adam and Eve	175
11	Men : Women : Culture : Nature	189
12	Conclusions	200
App. 1	Story Summaries	205
App. 2	Profiles of Nahuat Storytellers	245
	Notes	259
	Bibliography	267
	Index	277