Este libro recoge muchos de los más entrañables mitos y leyendas chilenos, como “El Chonchón”, “El Trauco” y “El Caleuche”, entre otros mitos; y “La Tirana del Tamarugal”, “Juan Soldado” y “El roto que engañó al diablo”, entre otras leyendas. Los mitos abordan aspectos importantes de la existencia humana y son parte del patrimonio cultural de los pueblos. Las leyendas, a su vez, son ficciones, pero se basan en hechos posibles ocurridos en lugares geográficos conocidos y con participación de personas reales.
Esta antología no pretende ser una recopilación científica o exhaustiva. Ha sido redactado con la aspiración de divulgar la riqueza de las esenciales leyendas, mitos, historias y cuentos de Chile. El libro recoge más de 125 de las más conocidas narraciones, mitos y leyendas que se han pasado oralmente de generación en generación y forman parte de la memoria popular chilena. Refleja así las creencias, costumbres y experiencias del pueblo chileno antes y después de la conquista española.
A bilingual collection of enchanting folk tales from the peoples of Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay, accompanied by historical and geographical background as well as color photographs. Containing numerous tales that have never before appeared in an English-language children's story collection, this book presents many of author Paula Martín's favorite stories from her many years of experience in storytelling around the world and particularly in South America. It stands as a unique folklore and storytelling resource that will give readers a better understanding of life and culture in the southern part of South America. Readers of all ages will delight in entertaining stories about animals, plants and trees, musical instruments, lost places, fantastic creatures, and witches and devils. This collection also includes never-ending tales, sky stories, and folk tales about fools. The book provides related cultural information about the lands where these stories originated as well as the people who tell these tales, traditional games of South America, and recipes for regional food items that can go hand in hand with the stories.
Los 23 mitos y leyendas reunidos en este volumen, rescatan esas historias simples y primordiales que forman parte de la tradición y definen la identidad cultural de nuestros pueblos. Detrás del mito, la leyenda o del acontecimiento histórico fantásticamente deformado, hay una constelación de imágenes simbólicas en las que se expresan la imaginación, las creencias, las conjuraciones a lo desconocido, el asombro y la necesidad de explicarse el mundo. Los que aquí presentamos se han transmitido oralmente a lo largo del tiempo, arraigándose en la memoria popular y confiriendo sentido a un continente que, desde sus orígenes, fabula para ser.
FOLK TALE of the GHOST SHIP set on the Chilean Archipelago of Chiloe story draws on local folk-lore and tradition to create a magical realistic fable filled with colour, action and human depth. Aimed at a readership of 12 to teens or to people of all ages: insights into a fascinating culture and way of life, vivid, believable characters and a tale told with passion and verve. The story follows Pancho, a teenage boy, as he tries to come to terms with and understand his mother's sudden disappearance. One of the ways he does this is to ask his uncle Mateo, who is well versed in the myhology of the island. Mateo's narration of the tale is central to the plot, and it is on the basis of this story-telling that Pancho's final resolution occurs.
Are you ready to embark on a journey? Enter a world steeped in legend... A moon rising from a shimmering lake, A woman turned into corn by the sun, A cave that gives birth to a civilisation, A boy who cries tears of blood, A girl whose icy body is preserved for hundreds of years, A man who regularly asked his dead mother for advice And Mother Nature, whose influence reaches over everyone... 'Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire Part 1' is all about rescuing historical pre-Columbian women from obscurity. Well-researched historical reading that isn't heavy going, the book tells fascinating true stories and legends about Inca goddesses and indigenous South American women who lived before the Spanish Conquest, many of whom lived through challenging times. This book includes a discussion guide.
Written in an informal and engaging style, this volume traces the discoveries that led to our understanding of the size and structure of the Milky Way, and the conclusive evidence for a massive black hole at its center. Robert H. Sanders, an astronomer who witnessed many of these developments, describes how we parted the veil of interstellar dust to probe the strange phenomena within. We now know that the most luminous objects in the Universe - quasars and radio galaxies - are powered by massive black holes at their hearts. But how did black holes emerge from being a mathematical peculiarity, a theoretical consequence of Einstein's theory of gravity, to become part of the modern paradigm that explains active galactic nuclei and galaxy evolution in normal galaxies such as the Milky Way? This story, aimed at non-specialist readers and students and historians of astronomy, will both inform and entertain.
The popular education and adult literacy movements in Chile have historically represented competing paths toward a literate society: one born and nurtured through bitter nineteenth-century labor struggles, the other a compensatory effort by the modern state to limit the political potential of literacy. Robert Austin's book explores the contest between the state and popular education in three paradigmatic Latin American regimes: that of Eduardo Frei Montalva (Christian Democrat, 1964-70), Salvador Allende (Socialist, 1970-73) and Augusto Pinochet (Dictator, 1973-90). Robert Austin's engaging narrative captures the relationship between the Chilean state, formal and non-formal literacy, and popular education, from the demise of liberal capitalism to the consolidation of neoliberalism. This remarkable investigation of the dynamic link between the historical process, literacy, and pedagogy celebrates popular education's victory in securing the inclusion, and subsequent empowerment, of women and ethnic minorities. The State, Literacy, and Popular Education in Chile, 1964-1990 will be of great interest to political scientists, cultural historians, and scholars of education.
Actualmente, hay varias de estas calaveras exhibiéndose en las vitrinas de distintos museos del mundo, y ya han sido descubiertas por lo menos ocho de las trece. Están en distintas manos y cada una de ellas ha sido bautizada con un nombre propio, según la especialista en la materia, Ellie Crystal. El misterio de las calaveras es enriquecido también por una leyenda que se remontaría a los mayas.
“An epic work of literary creation . . . There could be no greater vindication of the wonders of the lands and people of Latin America than Memory of Fire.” —The Washington Post Eduardo Galeano’s monumental three-volume retelling of the history of the New World begins with Genesis, a vast chain of legends sweeping from the birth of creation to the era of savage colonialism. Through lyrical prose and deep understanding, Galeano (author of the celebrated Open Veins of Latin America) recounts creation myths, pre-Columbian societies, and the brutality of conquest, from the Andes to the Great Plains. Galeano’s project to restore to history “breath, liberty, and the word” unfolds as a unique, powerful work of literature. This daring masterpiece sets the past free, weaving a new kind of history from mythology, silenced voices, and the clash of worlds. Genesis is the first book of the Memory of Fire trilogy, which continues with Faces and Masks and Century of the Wind.
