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The Xtabay: From Forest Guardian to Hungry Demon
by Marijane Osborn
Humanities 2022, 11(4), 96; https://doi.org/10.3390/h11040096 - 2 Aug 2022
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The Xtabay is a legendary Mayan forest entity associated with the sacred ceiba tree. The prose-poem by native ethnologist Antonio Mediz Bolio, translated here, represents the version of her story that he knew a century ago, where she appears as a temptress who [...] Read more.
The Xtabay is a legendary Mayan forest entity associated with the sacred ceiba tree. The prose-poem by native ethnologist Antonio Mediz Bolio, translated here, represents the version of her story that he knew a century ago, where she appears as a temptress who lures young men under the tree to become her slaves. Behind the romantic sensibility that pervades this poem may lurk the combined shadow of two avatars, an ancient goddess of the hunt and a hybrid bird-woman who regards as prey those who threaten her forest or the creatures that call it their home. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue World Mythology and Its Connection to Nature and/or Ecocriticism)
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