K'iche' Maya Oral History Project
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Description
Narrator tells the story of a girl who wanted to marry a rich boy instead of the young man her parents had chosen for her. This story warns what happens when women do not accept the the husbands that their parents choose for them.
Publication Date
1-1-1968
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico
Keywords
Superstition; Folklore; marriage values
Recommended Citation
Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #024: The Girl Who Married the Devil." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/138
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