{"id":88,"date":"2010-01-10T22:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-11T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-374015316604240842.post-4898288582114776464"},"modified":"2010-01-10T23:00:21","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T07:00:21","slug":"leyendas-de-guatemala-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/span365\/2010\/01\/10\/leyendas-de-guatemala-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Leyendas de Guatemala (1\/2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><meta name=\"Title\" content=\"\"> <meta name=\"Keywords\" content=\"\"> <meta equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"> <meta name=\"ProgId\" content=\"Word.Document\"> <meta name=\"Generator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\"> <meta name=\"Originator\" content=\"Microsoft Word 11\"> <link rel=\"File-List\" href=\"file:\/\/localhost\/Users\/alanamiles\/Library\/Caches\/TemporaryItems\/msoclip1\/01\/clip_filelist.xml\"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <o:documentproperties>   <o:template>Normal<\/o:Template>   <o:revision>0<\/o:Revision>   <o:totaltime>0<\/o:TotalTime>   <o:pages>1<\/o:Pages>   <o:words>324<\/o:Words>   <o:characters>1850<\/o:Characters>   <o:lines>15<\/o:Lines>   <o:paragraphs>3<\/o:Paragraphs>   <o:characterswithspaces>2271<\/o:CharactersWithSpaces>   <o:version>11.1282<\/o:Version>  <\/o:DocumentProperties>  <o:officedocumentsettings>   <o:allowpng\/>  <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>  <w:worddocument>   <w:zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>   <w:donotshowrevisions\/>   <w:donotprintrevisions\/>   <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>   <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>   <w:usemarginsfordrawinggridorigin\/>  <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--> <\/p>\n<style> <!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/ @font-face \t{font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tpanose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:auto; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0in; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";} table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-parent:\"\"; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";} @page Section1 \t{size:8.5in 11.0in; \tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; \tmso-header-margin:.5in; \tmso-footer-margin:.5in; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --> <\/style>\n<p>  <!--StartFragment-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">My goodness, so much to read!<br \/>\n<br \/>These legends are quite incredible in the sense that I felt as though I was sitting in circle, listening to them being told and passed on amongst people, but also gave me a sense of culture and language. The vocabulary being used is just so rich that reading it from a native-English perspective felt so insufficient &#8211; I feel as though I have lost so much meaning that has been hidden between the words.<br \/>\n<br \/>For me, the Leyenda del Cadejo was the most interesting of them all. Some of the metaphors were straightforward (which I find much easier to understand) yet still incredibly descriptive, like &#8220;Rept\u00f3 bajo sus pies como la sangre negra de un animal muerto..&#8221; (40). I quite enjoyed the ability to visualize the beginning of the story, with the sounds of the voices mixing with all of the smells, images and surroundings that were described &#8211; it was as though you could take part in and experience the legend, not just listen.<br \/>\n<br \/>The things I noticed the most had to be the biblical references and repetitions of words. As in the Leyenda del Volc\u00e1n, the repetition of \u201cNido\u201d made me think that it was not just a name, but rather a cultural significance behind it was not being directly stated. I also noticed a bit of comparison between heaven and hell \u2013 in the Leyenda del Cadejo, the use of \u2018infierno\u2019 in conjunction with \u2018los diablos\u2019 seemed quite contradictory to be used after a minor description of a flower-covered cadaver and all the anguish associated with the loss of a life (however I could be insinuating more to this than there actually is). Another was the difference between dream and reality, and how they both mixed with each other in a situation. It was hard to differentiate between them, and I often wonder if (in legends) &#8216;sue\u00f1o&#8217; solely referred to the dream-state, as in daydreaming (that didn&#8217;t actually occur in reality), or to fictional\/supernatural occurrences (that they believed occurred in reality). My favorite thing in all of these legends had to be the extraordinary use of peculiar adjectives. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever had to look up so many words in my Spanish dictionary, but wow \u2013 well worth it!<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">After reading through these, I\u2019m definitely interested in what we\u2019re reading next!<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p>  <!--EndFragment--> <\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/374015316604240842-4898288582114776464?l=phxalana.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>              My goodness, so much to read!<br \/>\nThese legends are quite incredible in the sense that I felt as though I was sitting in circle, listening to them being told and passed on amongst people, but also gave me a sense of culture and language. 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