In the language of kings: an anthology of Mesoamerican literature--pre-Columbian to the present

Foreword: On the Pleasures of the Amateur / Earl Shorris

Four Pre-Columbian Documents

New Geography of Mesoamerica

Bk. I. Nahua Literature

1. Songs and Poems

1. Metaphysical Poems

2. Bawdy Poems

3. War Songs

4. Otomi Songs in Nahuatl

5. Attributed Songs

2. Sacred Narrative

1. Quetzalcoatl's Hero Journey

2. Founding of Tenochtitlan

3. Birth of Huitzilopochtli

3. Sacred Hymns, Prayers, and Ceremonies

1. Hymn to Xipe Totec

2. Song of Cihuacoatl

3. Hymn to Tlaloc

4. Invocation of Tezcatlipoca

5. Prayer to Tlazolteotl

4. Huehuetlahtolli ("Discourses of the Elders")

Florentine Codex, Book VI

Bancroft Dialogues

Ceremonies of Sacrifice - Florentine Codex

5. Proverbs, Conundrums, and Metaphors

Proverbs

Conundrums

Metaphors

6. Historical Narratives

Extract from Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca

Fall of Tenochtitlan

Conquest of Tenochtitlan

7. Nahua Historians of the Colonial Period

Cronica Mexicayotl

Prophecy of the High Priest Tenochtli by Chimalpain

8. Christian Proselytizing Literature

Dialogues of 1524

Christian Psalms

Christian Theater - Holy Week Drama

Christian Epic Literature - Nican Mopohua

Christian Pageant - The Tepozteco

Dance of the Great Conquest

9. Colonial Literature of Daily Life

Letters and Proclamations

Official Texts

10. Modern Nahua Literature

1. Poet

2. Life and Death in Milpa Alta

3. Manifestos of Emiliano Zapata

4. Dona Luz Jimenez Stories

5. Madrecita

6. Coyotes of Today

7. New Dialogue of Flowers and Songs by Xochime

8. On a Diet

9. Three Works by Natalio Hernandez Xocoyotzin

10. Lord of Night by Librado Silva Galeana

Bk. II. Maya Literature

1. Sacred Narrative

Popol Vuh

Chilam Balam of Chumayel

2. Dramatic Literature

Rabinal Achi

3. Political Literature

Title of the Lords of Totonicapan

4. Prophetic and Historical Literature

1. Conquest - Chilam Balam of Mani

2. Character Predictions - Chilam Balam of Mani

3. Secret History of the Itza - Chilam Balam of Tizimin

4. Spanish Raid: Maya Chronicles

5. Cakchiquel History: Annals of the Cakchiquels

6. Last Flight of the Quetzal Prince - Titles from the House of Ixquim-Nehaib

7. Death of Cuauhtemoc - A Chontal Story

8. From the Cronica de Chac-Xulub-Chen

5. Songs and Incantations

1. Rituals of the Bacabs

2. Songs of Dzitbalche

3. Prayers for Rain

4. Lacandon Song

5. Chorti Curing Ritual

6. Song for His Wizard

7. Bright Star of Evening

6. Maya Proverbs and Kennings

Proverbs

Kennings

Creencias

7. Myths, Legends, and Poems

1. On the Human Condition and the Moral Order - The Chamula Origin Story

2. What the World Used to Be Like - A Chorti Origin Story

3. Sweeper of the Path

4. Famine

5. Faithful Husband

6. Awaken the Flint! (A Battle Song)

8. Modern Historical and Pragmatic Narratives

1. Proclamation of Juan de la Cruz, 1850

2. War of Santa Rosa, 1868-70

3. At the Time of the Closing of the Churches, 1935

4. Pajarito's War

5. Origin of the Ladinos

6. First Two Months of the Zapatistas

9. Modern Stories, Fables, and Poems

Little Bird and the Monkey by Miguel Angel May May

Son Who Came Back from the United States

Butterflies of Four Colors by Feliciano Sanchez Chan

Seven Poems by Humberto Ak'abal

At the Side of the Road - Essay by Humberto Ak'abal

Buzzard by Humberto Ak'abal

Two Poems by Briceida Cuevas Cob

Little Bee (a fable)

Bk. III. Other Mesoamerican Literatures

1. Mixtec

Mixtec Creation Myth

2. Mazatec

Chant by Maria Sabina

Five Poems by Juan Gregorio Regino

3. Zapotec

1. Historical Legend

2. Blessing of the Wedding Couple

3. Zapoteco by Gabriel Lopez Chinas

4. Three Poems by Mario Molina Cruz

4. Otomi

In the Revolution of 1910

Seven Erotic Otomi Songs and One Farewell

River Passes

5. Purepecha

Chronicle of Michoacan

Lazy One

Flower of the Dead

6. Tlapanec

Word Shall Always Bloom by Abad Carrasco Zuniga. Bibliographical Essay / Ascension H. de Leon-Portilla.