Julio Duran, recorder, 1971
Item — Box: 2, CD: 143
Scope and Contents
Maria Alicia Duran, b. 1930, Las Vegas, NM. 1. Si Dios es servido (a young man does not like to say if God wills it when making plans, etc., one day he becomes very ill, a priest is called to give him final rites, the young man repents, he gets well, folk tale); 2. La reina encantada (the youngest of five sons leaves home to get married, comes home married to a monkey, but the animal turns out to be the most beautiful princess ever seen, folk tale, women); 3. Rueda bolitas (a prince who does not know he is a prince marries a beautiful princess, the bride is kidnapped, the groom later meets a man that gives him a magic marble that eventually leads him to a palace where he finds his lost bride, related incidents, folk tale,women); 4. El ermitano (relato, the famous Las Vegas, New Mexico, hermit who isolated himself in nearby Baldy mountain, people in Las Vegas still claim the hermit could read people's minds, consider him a saint, santo, Hermit's Peak); 5. El caballo muerto (relato, Las Vegas, a man goes up to the hermit's cave to test him, he tells the hermit his horse has died, the man goes back to his horse and finds him dead, he goes up to the hermit and confesses what he is up to, finds his horse alive again, miracle); 6. El ojito de agua (relato, a woman goes up to see the famous Las Vegas hermit, she tells him she is thirsty and he tells her to drink from a spring nowhere to be seen); 7. A ver que se mueve (relato, two girl friends go to the mountain, Hermit's Peak, to see the hermit of Las Vegas, one believes in the hermit and the other does not, the hermit takes the girls to a rock and shows the non believing girl the fires of hell, faith, religion, women).
Juan Griego, b. 1924, Dixon, NM. 1. La india bruja, the Indian witch (witch story, an Native American Indian comes home, does not see his Native American Indian wife, but sees her eyes left in a glass filled with water, he empties the glass and fills it with whiskey, when the woman comes back she picks up her eyes but cannot see a thing because of the liquor, the Indian man proves she is a witch and she is burned, women); 2. La Llorona (relato, different version, Juan is ten years old, traveling with family in truck, he and brother hear a shriek and see naked woman with long hair swimming in the Rio Grande river, family stops to check, parents tell him it is La Llorona, women, children); 3. La bola de lumbre (relato, a man is crossing the river on horse from Dixon to La Apodaca, New Mexico, sees ball of fire and runs over to with his horse, suspects a certain woman, goes to her home, finds her all bruised up, witch story, women); 4. Los gatos de noche (one night family awakened by a horrible noise near the house, discover cats fighting to the death, one of the cats jumps up to a window and tells the father to open the door, the frightened family all kneel down to pray and soon the cats disappear from the yard, witch story, faith, religion, mentions other incidents of witches in Dixon); 5. Juan Tonto (Juan Tonto, stupid one, is baby sitting one day, baby starts to cry, Juan gets a knife, opens baby's skull to figure out why the baby was crying, children, folk tale); 6. Juan Tonto (Juan Tonto and mother climbed a tree to hide from bandits, Juan wants to defecate but his mother tells him not to do so, a bird defecates on Juan Tonto and he cries out, folk tale); 7. Los tres fashicos (folk tale, police looking for three simpletons, although hiding, they speak out, reveal themselves and are captured).
Aurora Arredondo, Texas. 1. El arriero (a man makes his living selling coal, one day one of his mules talks to him and tells him he is cruel and should not make her work so hard, the man becomes frightened and runs away, folk tale); 2. La Llorona (variation of the legend, a rich playboy falls in love with poor small town girl, his parents don't know about it, he rents apartment for him and girl, they have two children, when the rich mother announces her son will marry into a rich family, the poor girl kills her kids and forever cries for them at night for her crime, women).
Juan Gallegos, 1907, Albuquerque, NM. El buen ladron (three sons in a family say what they want to be, carpenter, blacksmith, the third says he wants to be a thief, he becomes an excellent thief, one day his father is killed trying to help the son who turned into a thief, folk tale).
Nickie Gallegos, Albuquerque, NM. Los tres consejos (Part I, a young man leaves home to look for work, his mother tells him not to give up the road for a path and to always mind his own business, when he comes to a fork in the road, he remembers his mother's advice and follows the road, folk tale).
Juan Griego, b. 1924, Dixon, NM. 1. La india bruja, the Indian witch (witch story, an Native American Indian comes home, does not see his Native American Indian wife, but sees her eyes left in a glass filled with water, he empties the glass and fills it with whiskey, when the woman comes back she picks up her eyes but cannot see a thing because of the liquor, the Indian man proves she is a witch and she is burned, women); 2. La Llorona (relato, different version, Juan is ten years old, traveling with family in truck, he and brother hear a shriek and see naked woman with long hair swimming in the Rio Grande river, family stops to check, parents tell him it is La Llorona, women, children); 3. La bola de lumbre (relato, a man is crossing the river on horse from Dixon to La Apodaca, New Mexico, sees ball of fire and runs over to with his horse, suspects a certain woman, goes to her home, finds her all bruised up, witch story, women); 4. Los gatos de noche (one night family awakened by a horrible noise near the house, discover cats fighting to the death, one of the cats jumps up to a window and tells the father to open the door, the frightened family all kneel down to pray and soon the cats disappear from the yard, witch story, faith, religion, mentions other incidents of witches in Dixon); 5. Juan Tonto (Juan Tonto, stupid one, is baby sitting one day, baby starts to cry, Juan gets a knife, opens baby's skull to figure out why the baby was crying, children, folk tale); 6. Juan Tonto (Juan Tonto and mother climbed a tree to hide from bandits, Juan wants to defecate but his mother tells him not to do so, a bird defecates on Juan Tonto and he cries out, folk tale); 7. Los tres fashicos (folk tale, police looking for three simpletons, although hiding, they speak out, reveal themselves and are captured).
Aurora Arredondo, Texas. 1. El arriero (a man makes his living selling coal, one day one of his mules talks to him and tells him he is cruel and should not make her work so hard, the man becomes frightened and runs away, folk tale); 2. La Llorona (variation of the legend, a rich playboy falls in love with poor small town girl, his parents don't know about it, he rents apartment for him and girl, they have two children, when the rich mother announces her son will marry into a rich family, the poor girl kills her kids and forever cries for them at night for her crime, women).
Juan Gallegos, 1907, Albuquerque, NM. El buen ladron (three sons in a family say what they want to be, carpenter, blacksmith, the third says he wants to be a thief, he becomes an excellent thief, one day his father is killed trying to help the son who turned into a thief, folk tale).
Nickie Gallegos, Albuquerque, NM. Los tres consejos (Part I, a young man leaves home to look for work, his mother tells him not to give up the road for a path and to always mind his own business, when he comes to a fork in the road, he remembers his mother's advice and follows the road, folk tale).
Dates
- 1971
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
English, Spanish
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 13 boxes (12.25 cu. ft.)
Creator
- From the Collection: Cobos, Rubén (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu