"Tan ancha como tu abuela": adivinanzas en náhuatl del Guerrero Central

Jonathan D. Amith
2013 Tlalocan  
In this extensive study which was originally givento Tlalocan in 1987, Amith presents, classifies and analyzes the morethan 129 riddles that he has collected from central Guerrero, in particularfrom Ameyaltepec and San Agustín Oapan. The author situates the riddles both asa world-wide genre and within the Mesoamerican oral tradition. Amith alsodescribes the geographical region, and presents salient features of theAmeyaltepec and Oapan dialects of Nahuatl. In addition, he has provided amplenotes
more » ... that identify and explain the references in the riddles, as well as anAppendix which lists the explicit and implicit metaphors.
doi:10.19130/iifl.tlalocan.1997.145 fatcat:gckmifqtozcfnle34uleo7ce4y