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Leyendas de Guatemala (Legends of Guatemala, 1930) was the first book to be published by Nobel-prizewinning author Miguel Ángel Asturias. The book is a re-telling of Maya origin stories from Asturias's homeland of Guatemala. It reflects the author's study of anthropology and Central American indigenous civilizations, undertaken in France, at ...
Guatemala City: Artemis & Edinter. ISBN 84-89452-24-5. OCLC 66144340. Molina, Deyvid Paul; María Antonieta Cajas Castillo; Luis Felipe Gonzáles Marroquín (2006). "Tradición oral y vigencia de los mitos en el lago de Güija, Asunción Mita, Jutiapa" (PDF) (in Spanish). Guatemala: Escuela de Historia, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Fascinated by the mythology of the indigenous people of Guatemala, he wrote Leyendas de Guatemala (Legends of Guatemala). [72] This fictional work re-tells some of the Mayan folkloric stories of his homeland. Certain aspects of indigenous life were of a unique interest to Asturias. Commonly known as corn, maize is an integral part of Mayan culture.
El Sombrerón is a legendary character [1] and one of the most famous legends of Guatemala, told in books [2] [3] and film [4] El Sombrerón is also a bogeyman figure in Mexico. [5]
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María García Granados y Saborío (1860 – May 10, 1878), also known as La Niña de Guatemala ("The Girl of Guatemala"), was a Guatemalan socialite, daughter of General Miguel García Granados, who was President of Guatemala from 1871 to 1873 and whose house served as a gathering for the top artists and writers of the time.
Knowledge of Muisca mythology has come from Muisca scholars Javier Ocampo López, Pedro Simón, Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita, Juan de Castellanos and conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who was the European making first contact with the Muisca in the 1530s.