Find out why the armadillo wears a suit, the rabbit is on the moon, the eel is the protector of the waters or why the condors fly in pairs. These legends are part of the cultural heritage of Latin America.
Presents a Mayan folk tale in which Kukulkan, their king, stole a chocolate tree from paradise and was banished forever from it. He wanted his people to enjoy this dessert because they had worked very hard.
After several unsuccessful attempts to create grateful creatures, the Mayan gods use sacred corn to fashion a people who will thank and praise their creators.
Stealing Chaac's headdress of beautiful feathers, a peahen tries to enhance her beauty and become the birds' new ruler, but because of the peahen's trick, she loses the feathers that become a gift to the peacock.
A retelling, in graphic novel form, of the Mayan myth of the twin brothers, Hunahpu and Xbalanque, who anger the Lords of Xibalba, rulers of the land of the dead.
This book describes the history, myths and beliefs, family structure, traditions, and arts and letters of the ancient Maya, the longest-lived and most widely spread of the great cultures of pre-Columbian America.