Oral History #037: The Saint in San Lorenzo, Suchítepequez

Authors

James Mondloch
Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x
Diego Guarchaj

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Description

The narrator tells the story of a man from San Lorenzo Suchítepeqez who, one day, a long time ago, arrived to a river near the town he saw a woman bathing there. When he wanted to approach her, she suddenly disappeared. When she appeared again she wasn't a woman; she had become the statue of a saint. The people of the town put the saint in the town church. There she grants favors to the faithful who arrive to ask her for them.

Publication Date

1-1-1968

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico

Keywords

Saint worship; miracles

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #037: The Saint in San Lorenzo, Suchítepequez." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/102

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