K'iche' Maya Oral History Project
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Description
The narrator tells the story of a man who had a very demanding wife. One day while he was sick, she sent him to the forest to chop firewood. While working, he injured himself and a ladino man took him into his home and cured him. When he returned home to his wife she told him he had been gone for seven years.
Publication Date
1-1-1968
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico
Keywords
Work; marital affairs
Recommended Citation
Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #116: A Brave Woman (Speaking of the Sacred Mountains)." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/59
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