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Cuento is a Spanish word meaning literally "story" or "tale". Cuento may specifically refer to folk tales, a category of folklore that includes stories passed down through oral tradition. The word cuento may also be used as a verb to say "tell", as if you are "telling" a story ("Cuento").
The Bird that Spoke the Truth (Spanish: El pájaro que contaba verdades) is a New Mexican folktale. It is related to the motif of the calumniated wife and classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index as type ATU 707, "The Three Golden Children". These tales refer to stories where a girl promises a king she will bear a child or ...
Emilio S. Belaval (born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico on November 8, 1903; died in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1973) was a lawyer and Supreme Judge and writer from Puerto Rico. [1] He graduated from the University of Puerto Rico.
Cover of the 1911 first edition of the Ratón Pérez tale by Luis Coloma, illustrated by Mariano Pedrero []. El Ratoncito Pérez or Ratón Pérez (lit. transl. Perez the Little Mouse or Perez Mouse) is a fantasy figure of early childhood in Spanish and Hispanic American cultures.
Pájaro Verde (English language: Green Bird) is a Mexican folktale collected by Howard True Wheeler from Ayutla, Jalisco.It is related to the cycle of the Animal as Bridegroom and distantly related to the Graeco-Roman myth of Cupid and Psyche, in that the heroine is forced to perform difficult tasks for a witch.
Juan Bobo is a folkloric character on the island of Puerto Rico.For nearly two centuries a collection of books, songs, riddles and folktales have developed around him. . Hundreds of children's books have been written about Juan Bobo in English and
¡Diles que no me maten! Tell them not to kill me! América Magazine, Issue 66, June 1951 [8] 10: Luvina: Luvina: Llano en Llamas First Edition, 1953 [8] 11: La noche que lo dejaron solo: The night they left him alone: Llano en Llamas First Edition, 1953 [8] 12: Paso del Norte: North Pass: Llano en Llamas First Edition, 1953 [8] 13: Acuérdate ...
In 1990, Joseph published the children's book Coconut Kind of Day: Island Poems, featuring 13 poems narrated by a child describing her life in Trinidad. [3] In 1991, she released A Wave in Her Pocket: Stories from Trinidad, a children's book of folklore from Trinidad, [4] and released The Mermaid's Twin Sister: More Stories from Trinidad in 1994.