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Folklore

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 164 Collections and/or Records:

El diablo chasqueado. (The Devil outwitted). Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-47 4
Scope and Contents A rogue who repeatedly fails to repent manages to ward off satan. In Spanish & English.
Dates: 1936-1940

El Gangozo. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 6
Scope and Contents The lazy eccentric son of an old woman marries a princess and finds a magic wand.
Dates: 1936-1940

El Guante. (The glove). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 35
Scope and Contents A princess has many adventures trying to recover a stolen glove of gold.
Dates: 1936-1940

El Gusanito. (The little worm). Reyes N. Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-47 15
Scope and Contents Juanito befriends a little worm who repays Juanito by helping him out of numerous troubles. In Spanish and English.
Dates: 1936-1940

El hijo del Rey pescader. (The fisherman king's son). Simeon Tejada, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-29 3
Scope and Contents A fairy tale in Spanish and English.
Dates: 1936-1940

El hombre (The man). Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-6 15
Scope and Contents An impetuous young bear goes out to fight a man.
Dates: 1936-1940

El leon y el hombre. (The lion and the man). Lorin Brown, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-26 18
Scope and Contents Folk tale in which the lion is taught who really is king. In Spanish and English.
Dates: 1936-1940

El mal hijo. (The bad son). Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-4 6
Scope and Contents A folk tale in which a "bad" son receives a curse from his father.
Dates: 1936-1940

El muchacho de la porra. (The boy with the club). Simeon Tejada, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-29 6
Scope and Contents Fairy tale. In Spanish and English.
Dates: 1936-1940

El Pajaro verde. (The Green bird). Simeon Tejada, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-29 5
Scope and Contents Fairy tale. (Spanish & English).
Dates: 1936-1940

El Pelen. (The Bald-headed one). Reyes N. Martinez, collector ., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-47 29
Scope and Contents A humurous account of a bald-headed rogue.
Dates: 1936-1940

El segundo ananias. (The second ananias). Reyes Martinez, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-18 7
Scope and Contents Story with both Spanish and English versions. A Narrative describing Ramon Roybal who was known in Taos, N.M. as a story teller.
Dates: 1936-1940

Enriquito. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 33
Scope and Contents A young prince is returned to his royal parents after having been kidnapped by robbers.
Dates: 1936-1940

Folk tales. Genevieve Chapin, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-26 15
Scope and Contents A brief discussion of the folk tales: "The Founding of Hano", No clamity like a bad neighbor", "Tom Thumb or Tomacito", "Buried Treasure", "Captive", and "San Cristobal's sheep."
Dates: 1936-1940

Folktales. Lou Sage Batchen, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-49 34-37
Scope and Contents Four folk stories.
Dates: 1936-1940

Folkways. Genevieve Chapin, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-9 24
Scope and Contents Contains 2 short stories. "Proverbs" a list of Spanish proverbs & their English translations. "Buried Treasure" - legends of hidden treasure in New Mexico.
Dates: 1936-1940

Fransisquesta. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 13
Scope and Contents A young girl learns about greed vanity, pride and sloth.
Dates: 1936-1940

Ghostly revenge. Genevieve Chapin, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-23 5
Scope and Contents The ghost of a wronged girl seeks revenge against her lover.
Dates: 1936-1940

Give me my ear. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 36
Scope and Contents Three brothers go out to seek their fortunes and after a series of adventures, marry three daughters of the king.
Dates: 1936-1940

Griselda. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-6 3
Scope and Contents This cuento is probably of European origin since it is very similar to the story told by the Clerk of Oxenford in Chancer's Canterbury Tale.
Dates: 1936-1940

"Guashadas" or tall tales: the Bear's christening. Lorin W. Brown, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-50 18
Scope and Contents A tale of a shepherd who becomes the god-father to a bear.
Dates: 1936-1940

Historia de Pepe Casi. (Story of Pepe Casi). Simeon Tejada, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-29 19
Scope and Contents A moral tale of a boy who does nothing well. In Spanish and English.
Dates: 1936-1940

Holding up the cave. Manuel Berg, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-12 35
Scope and Contents Story of a fox who tricks a coyote.
Dates: 1936-1940

Hole in the rock. Lester Raines, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-3 17
Scope and Contents A young Spaniard embarks on a fruitless treasure hunt near Tenaja in western New Mexico.
Dates: 1936-1940

Isabel. Bright Lynn, collector., 1936-1940

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Identifier: 5-5-7 2
Scope and Contents A young wife is wrongly accused of infidelity by a wicked trickster.
Dates: 1936-1940