Oral History #038: A Sacred Mountain Near Nahualá

Authors

James Mondloch
Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x
Diego Guarchaj

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Description

The narrator relates what some people from Nahualá say about a saint (statue) named Esquipulas that lives in a mountain near a place called Siete Cruces (Seven Crosses). Almost no one has seen the saint because it is in an inaccessible place.

Publication Date

1-1-1968

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico

Keywords

Saint worship; myth

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #038: A Sacred Mountain Near Nahualá." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/103

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