Spanish Refranes and Riddles of the Southwest

Author

Josué Trujillo

Publication Date

1933

Abstract

The Spanish refrán was born in the springtime of the Spanish language and culture from familiar and common expressions, which have a peculiar element of folklore common to all people. It has spread wherever the spoken languages in Spanish.

The riddle as well as the refrán is the folklore fossil of all languages. It sprang from man's earliest conceptions and observations of nature. He concentrated all his observations in the form of a question from which sprang the riddle.

Degree Name

Spanish (MA)

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

Spanish and Portuguese

First Committee Member (Chair)

Arthur Leon Campa

Second Committee Member

Francis Monroe Kercheville

Third Committee Member

George St. Clair

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Trujillo, Josué. "Spanish Refranes and Riddles of the Southwest." (1933). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/span_etds/94