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Mytos y leyendas de los Aztecas, Incas, Mayas y Muiscas (Myths and Legends from the Aztecs, Incas, Mayas and Muisca). Fondo de Cultura Económica. México. ISBN 968-16-0581-0. Perez Reguera García, Alejandra (2002). Pérez Reguera M. de E. Alfonso. México, nación de mítos, valores y símbolos (Mexico: Nation of Myths, Values and Symbols ...
The most popular legend about Iztaccíhuatl and Popocatépetl comes from the ancient Nahuas. [citation needed] As it comes from an oral tradition, there are many versions of the same story, along with poems and songs telling this story: Many years before conquistador Hernán Cortés came to Mexico, the Aztecs lived in Tenochtitlan, today's ...
Statue of La Llorona on an island of Xochimilco, Mexico, 2015. La Llorona (Latin American Spanish: [la ʝoˈɾona]; ' the Crying Woman, the Weeping Woman, the Wailer ') is a vengeful ghost in Mexican folklore who is said to roam near bodies of water mourning her children whom she drowned in a jealous rage after discovering her husband was unfaithful to her.
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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 ...
The Mexican stop motion series Frankelda's Book of Spooks episode "Let's Get Out of Darkness" features Coco Jr., the son of the child stealing Coco, depicted as a furry creature with eight limbs and a horned lizard-like face. A music lover, Coco Jr. steals childhood passions for music and the arts to create a ghostly orchestra and tricks a ...
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.
Pages in category "Mexican legends" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.