The myths of the opossum : pathways of Mesoamerican mythology /

The myths of the opossum : pathways of Mesoamerican mythology /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	López Austin, Alfredo
Uniform title:	Mitos del tlacuache. English
Edition:	1st. ed.
Imprint:	Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1993.
Description:	xi, 421 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Indian mythology -- Mexico Indian mythology -- Central America Indians of Mexico -- Folklore Indians of Central America -- Folklore. Opossums -- Folklore. Indian mythology. Indians of Central America. Indians of Mexico. Opossums. Central America. Mexico. Folklore.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1412303

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ISBN:	0826313949
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. The Comings and Goings of a Marsupial
2. Home of the Gods
3. The Point of Departure
4. The Other Time
5. The Other Space
6. The Passage
7. How Do You Measure a Myth?
8. Beliefs and Narrations
9. To Think That Way
10. The Nature of the Gods I
11. The Nature of the Gods II
12. The Nature of the Gods III
13. Order
14. Classifications
15. The Gods Acquire History
16. Telling the Tale
17. Invention
18. The Character I
19. The Character II
20. Subjects Worthy of Being Related
21. Stories Worthy of Being Believed
22. The Functions of Myth
23. How It Turns Out that Myth is True
24. Myth in the Time of History
25. History in the Time of Myth
26. Putting the Tale Together
27. Reading the Myth
28. Ye Ixquich.