28 May 2025 / 8 Alligator
Aztec Stories
‘Once upon a time in our town...’ Nahuatl Spanish and English phrase and photo
For your interest and delight. The photo (right) is of the Nahuatl-speaking town of San Miguel Canoa near Puebla. Both photo and phrase in Nahuatl, Spanish and English come thanks to and courtesy of Scott Hadley, and are inspired by the book of Nahuatl stories compiled by Pablo Rogelio Navarrete Gómez, Cuentos Náhuatl de la Malintzin - follow link below to learn more...
• For the legend of vanilla, follow the link on our Aztec Links (Teachers and Older Students) page (though Virginia Cano has a gentler version...!)
• For 3 Aztec myths, re-written for children as part of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute resource bank (USA) by Lorna Dils, follow the same link and look for ‘Aztec Mythology’
• For a modern Nahua story of the Day of the Dead, go straight to our Resources section and click on ‘Ideas for the DAY OF THE DEAD...’
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‘Once upon a time in our town...’ Nahuatl Spanish and English phrase and photo
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