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‘Stories from the Americas’Virginia Cano is a Mexican story-teller based in Scotland; she has adapted and put online several stories with ancient Mexican themesVirginia’s blog |
• For the legend of vanilla, follow the link on our Aztec Links (Teachers and Older Students) page (though Virginia Cano has a gentler version...!)
• For 3 Aztec myths, re-written for children as part of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute resource bank (USA) by Lorna Dils, follow the same link and look for ‘Aztec Mythology’
• For a modern Nahua story of the Day of the Dead, go straight to our Resources section and click on ‘Ideas for the DAY OF THE DEAD...’
- a page-by-page account of their pilgrimage
of Five Aztec Creations...
on Aztec animal companion spirits - nahuales
music came to the world...
the birth of the 5th Aztec Sun...
the end of the world...
of the origin of people...
- and the role of brave little ants!
Read about Tlaloc’s journey to Mexico City.
The classic legend of the two volcanoes
expressed in a Náhuatl poem
In the Moon?
What wears a tight blouse?
- a creature with ancient associations...
- ancient hero or figure of death?
with music, inspired by Nahua culture