OPA Jr. High Library Skills

Central American Mythology & Folklore

"Nechpactia nimitzixmati"

Please to meet you in Nahuatl the language of the Aztecs

Mythologies

Axtecs

The gods of Mexico by Lewis SpenceFree kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.

Mr. Donn

Aztecs Myths and Stories

https://aztecs.mrdonn.org/myths.html

https://aztecs.mrdonn.org/

Windows to the Universe: Aztec Mythology

https://www.windows2universe.org/mythology/aztec_culture.html#google_vignette

Aztec Gods: A Gallery

https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/gods/aztec-gods-a-gallery

Centéotl, god of maize

Aztec civilization facts and historySee how this powerful group ruled central Mexico 500 years ago.

Mayans

Mr Donn: Maya Empire for Kids

https://mayas.mrdonn.org/myths.html

https://mayas.mrdonn.org/empire.html

Living Maya

https://maya.nmai.si.edu/

Olmecs

The Gods of the OlmecThe mysterious Olmec civilization, which thrived from approximately 1200-400 B.C., left behind depictions of at least eight different gods.

Folklore

Belize

El Sisimito

https://ambergriscaye.com/25years/elsisimito.html

Costa Rica

Poas Volcano

The Golden Voice of Poas - Sawan BooksPoas Volcano lay in a beautiful countryside that was also famed for its beautiful birds and for one young girl whose beauty was spoken of across the land. But more beautiful still was the friendship of the maiden with the Rualdo bird.She had saved him once from a hunter’s snare and since then he had […]

El Salvador

Myths & Legends of El SalvadorGhost stories. Those two words have had the power to inspire your heart to pump excitement through your veins in double time ever since you were a kid, and undoubtedly will do the same as you embark on a getaway to a new country and hear those two words while learning about the local culture and history. Aside from tro

Guatemala

The Legend of the Quetzal Bird

https://www.clivepig.co.uk/the-legend-of-the-quetzal-bird/

Honduras

Hen & Coyote Honduras Folk Tale

https://www.themuralman.com/honduras/honduras_folk_tale.htm

Nicaragua

La Mocuana: A Nicaraguan Tale

https://www.sunherald.com/living/article45828055.html

Panama

TuleviejaThe Tulevieja or Tulivieja is a legendary character from Costa Rica and Panama; which is written as a female ghost that, covered by a kind of hat called "tule" (banana-shaped and made from the leaves of the plant that has the same name ) and with swollen and erect breasts (sometimes dripping with milk, depending on the version); which would transform into a monster, which wanders through the different roads and unpopulated areas. The origin of the name has to do with the toque: Tulevieja, an old

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