K'iche' Maya Oral History Project
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Description
Narrator tells a story about a young man wearing a devil's mask who gets rewarded by police for inadvertently scaring off a group of horse thieves.
Publication Date
1-1-1968
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico
Keywords
Folklore; devil; superstition; witchcraft
Recommended Citation
Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #006: A Boy Won Against the Thieves With His Mask." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/144
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