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K'iche' Maya Oral History Project
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This story is about a lazy young man who did not want to work. So God gave him a job chasing insects out of a garden, and watering the flowers but warned him never to look under the flowers. The youth did not obey the order and a bunch of snakes came out and ate him alive. Note: This story is similar to other stories #26, #54,#64 y #138) in this collection.
Publication Date
1-1-1968
Publisher
Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New Mexico
Keywords
Disobedience; pride; idleness
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Mondloch, James; Miguel Guarchaj Ch'o'x; and Diego Guarchaj. "Oral History #062: A Lazy Man." (1968). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/laii_kichemaya/78
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