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books2022-04-03 12:02 am
marycatelli) wrote in books2022-04-03 12:02 am
Folktales of Mexico
Folktales of Mexico by Américo Paredes
A mixed group. Lots of legends, which did not appeal to me as a genre, jokes, cumulative tales, and fairy tales.
I was mostly interested in the last. A number of variations, not of common times. I particularly like how, in "The Greenish Bird", the prince declares that he will marry the woman whose cup of cocoa he drinks -- except that usually, this is a test of skill, and in this one, the narrative explicitly says that he noted who brought each cup and drank the heroine's without any care for how it tasted.
A mixed group. Lots of legends, which did not appeal to me as a genre, jokes, cumulative tales, and fairy tales.
I was mostly interested in the last. A number of variations, not of common times. I particularly like how, in "The Greenish Bird", the prince declares that he will marry the woman whose cup of cocoa he drinks -- except that usually, this is a test of skill, and in this one, the narrative explicitly says that he noted who brought each cup and drank the heroine's without any care for how it tasted.