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University of New Mexico

1968

Origin myth; town foundation

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Oral History #039: The Saint In Esquipulas, James Mondloch, Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'X, Diego Guarchaj Jan 1968

Oral History #039: The Saint In Esquipulas, James Mondloch, Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'X, Diego Guarchaj

K'iche' Maya Oral History Project

A man from Nahualá tells how the statue of the Black Christ in the church in the town of Esquipulas became famous.


Oral History #025: Marriage Advice, James Mondloch, Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'X, Diego Guarchaj Jan 1968

Oral History #025: Marriage Advice, James Mondloch, Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'X, Diego Guarchaj

K'iche' Maya Oral History Project

Narrator tells the story of a young man who wants to divocre his wife and search for another, more attractive woman to marry. After many trials the young man discovers that the ideal woman for him is the woman with whom he is already married. This story is almost identical to another one in this collection (#4), but they have different narrators.