Oral History #106: The Adventures of a Pottery Merchant from Totonicapán

Authors

James Mondloch
Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x
Diego Guarchaj

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Description

The narrator tells the story of a man who discovered that his wife is a transformer. When the husband heard of his wife's plan to feed him to some animals, the man fooled his wife and pushed her out of the house into the arms of the waiting transformers/animals. They grabbed her and ate her, leaving not a single trace of her behind. Note: This story is similar to other stories (#18, #97, #147) in this collection.

Publication Date

1-1-1968

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico

Keywords

Transformers; animals; deceit; supernatural powers

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #106: The Adventures of a Pottery Merchant from Totonicapán." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/49

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