K'iche' Maya Oral History Project
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Description
The narrator tells the story about a family and neighbors gathering together for a man's wake. During the wake, the man awoke, and began to speak to those present. He exhorted those who heard him to live virtuous lives so they would go to heaven when they died.
Publication Date
1-1-1968
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico
Keywords
Afterlife; repentence; religion
Recommended Citation
Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #058: The Good Rewarded and the Bad Punished." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/100
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