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Of the Night Wind's Telling: Legends from the Valley of Mexico
Of the Night Wind's Telling Legends from the Valley of Mexico Author:E. Adams Davis Here is the Mexico of fantasy-- the old tales, legends, and folkways that live on, undisturbed by the modern contrivances of man. They are told with the flavor of the village raconteur and the authority of a scholar. — In the collection are Indian myths, tales of the Spanish viceroys, and accounts of the Mexican revolutionaries. Aztec gods vent t... more »heir wrath on the world, the Indian prince guards his sleeping princess forever, the Spanish viceroys dispense their separate brands of justice, and Maximilian's lancers engage in high adventure. The revolutionary soldado struts along with his 'common girl'; the bandit from the hills aunters casually by, his guns swinging from belted hips; and the richly harbed caballero bows to the black-robed priest.« less