K'iche' Maya Oral History Project
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Description
This story is of a man named Estéban would go to the mountains to pray, and ask God for rain. Then he saw that when he prayed the clouds would gather over the mountain tops but it didn't rain. So Esteban taught the people of the town how to ask God for rain together.
Publication Date
1-1-1968
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico
Keywords
Drought; prayer
Recommended Citation
Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #045: Estéban Shows the People How to Ask for the Rain." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/110
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