9. Lightning-bolts Who Punish Sin

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. A Note on Nahuat Orthography xi
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. Part I. The People
8. 2. The Nahuat 13
9. 3. Huitzilan de Serdan 29
10. 4. Santiago Yaonahuac 40
11. Part II. A Common Cosmology
12. 5. Space and Time 53
13. 6. Nahuat and Hispanics 67
14. Part III.Differences in Parallel Stories
15. 7. Narrative Acculturation 83
16. 8. Men Who Enter the Forest 114
17. 9. Lightning-bolts Who Punish Sin 161
18. 10. Adam and Eve 175
19. 11. Men : Women : : Culture s Nature 189
20. 12. Conclusions 200
21. Appendix 1. Story Summaries 205
22. Appendix 2. Profiles off Nahuat Storytellers 245
23. Notes 259
24. Bibliography 267
25. Index 277