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Table of Contents of Cuban Legends

Foreword

PART ONE
Caucubu
The Legend of Canimar (1)
The Light of Yara
The Funeral
Yareya
The Inlet of Yumuri
The Legend of Canimar (2)
The Heroic Martyr
Guanaroca
Jagua
The Wicked Indian Woman
The Mulatas
Aycayia
The Battle of the Canoues

PART TWO

The Rabbit’s Ears
The Cayman’s Music
The Owl’s Dance
The Tortoise and the Dog
The Tortoise and the Toad
The Monkey and the Chick Pea
Ambeco and Aguati
The Pitirre and the Cotunto
The Owl and the Monkey
Siquillangama
The Black Man Who Felled a Ceiba Tree
The River
Ache
Punishment
Destiny
The Revelation
Forgetfulness
Covetousness
Echu and the Pumpkin
Orumbila’s Parrots
The Sacrifice
Ogun Arere’s Traps
Deception
Cunning
Ochosi de Mata
Orumbila’s Moquenquen
Orumbila and Icu
Obatala and Orula
The Legend of Icu

PART THREE

The Invisible Dog
Scarface
The White Vulture
The House of Bones
Revenge
The Witches
The Widows
The Appearance of the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre
The Dead Man’s Cave
The Fierce Indian

Notes
Sources
About the Author, Illustrator, and Translator