The legend of the sun and moon

La leyenda del sol y la luna

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Subject LanguageTriqui, Copala
Language PID(s)ailla:119606
Title [Indigenous]Se32-cue2nto4 Güii3 ga2 Yavii3 a32
Language of Indigenous Titletrc
TitleThe legend of the sun and moon
Language Community
Country(ies)United States
Place CreatedAlbany, New York
Date Created2003
Description [Indigenous]
Language of Indigenous Description
DescriptionThe origin of the sun and the moon as twin boys who are raised by Grandmother Ca'aj, one of the ancestors of the Triqui people. The complete morpheme-by-morpheme analysis, Spanish translation, and English translation of this story is found in:

Vidal López, Román. (narrator.) 2009. The origin of the sun and moon: A Copala Triqui legend. Transcribed and edited by George Aaron Broadwell, Kosuke Matsukawa, Edgar Martín del Campo, Ruth Scipione, and Susan Perdomo. Munich: LINCOM Europa.
GenresNarrative
Ethnography
Source Notesun and moon.wav
ReferencesVidal López, Román. (narrator.) 2009. The origin of the sun and moon: A Copala Triqui legend. Transcribed and edited by George Aaron Broadwell, Kosuke Matsukawa, Edgar Martín del Campo, Ruth Scipione, and Susan Perdomo. Munich: LINCOM Europa.
Contributor(s) Individual / RolePerdomo, Susan (Interviewer)
Vidal López, Román (Speaker)
Contributor(s) Corporate / Role

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