The Disobedience of the Daughter of t..., Martin Prechtel
The Disobedience of the Daughter of t..., Martin Prechtel
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The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun
A Mayan Tale of Ecstasy, Time, and Finding One's True Form

Author: Martín Prechtel

Narrator: Martín Prechtel

Unabridged: 5 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2021

Synopsis

Author and illustrator Martín Prechtel is internationally known for his explorations of ancient folklore and uncovering the lessons therein for modern readers. In The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun, he revives a hitherto unknown Guatemalan Tzutujil Mayan tale of the beginnings of the world with a poetic retelling of the story and a critical analysis that both enlightens and entertains. Having lived with the Mayans and learned their language, Prechtel authoritatively retells the powerful tale of the Tall Girl who weaves the world in a loom, her parents the Sun and the Moon who repudiate her suitors, and the mysterious man who disguises himself as a hummingbird to lure her away. Prechtel expands this archetypal story with five layers of commentary, each teasing out a different wisdom and revealing its relevance to the world today.

About The Author

A master of eloquence and innovative language, Martín Prechtel is a leading thinker, writer, and teacher whose work, both written and oral, brings to life the pre-modern subtleties of any living language. His life, well documented in his books, has taken him from the Pueblo Indian reservation in New Mexico, where he grew up, to the Guatemalan village of Santiago Atitlan, where he was the student and eventual successor of a powerful shaman. Eventually Prechtel became a principal member of the village body of spiritual leaders, responsible for introducing the young people to the meanings of their ancient stories and guiding them through their long rituals of initiation. Today Martín Prechtel lives once again in his native New Mexico and is active as a writer, teacher, speaker, musician, and healer. Using ceremony, language, story, and healing he helps people in many lands reconnect with a sense of place, a sense of the daily sacred, and their search for the Indigenous Soul.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jen on June 09, 2008

yes, yes, yes. like crystals of tree sap melting in the hot sun, then cooling and hardening again into jewels from spring rain this book is all that and back again.......more

Goodreads review by Derek on December 09, 2017

"The Disobedience Of The Daughter Of The Sun: Ecstasy and Time", as retold and analyzed by Martin Prechtel, has the appearance of a simple folktale. Appearance, as Prechtel points out, can be deceiving. This tale, like a single drop of water into a pond, is simple. However, the ever-widening ripples......more

Goodreads review by Letecia on August 11, 2008

Love on so many levels - deep cycles of time. Reading this book was balm to my aching heart.......more

Goodreads review by Miriam on February 05, 2014

I love the ideas in Martin Prechtel's books. However, I found the writing in this book to be really difficult to get through. If you haven't read any of Prechtel's books yet, start with The Secrets of the Talking Jaguar, which clearly had a better editor!......more

Goodreads review by Maria on January 11, 2022

I have a friend, a wise man that I consider a Shaman. He would never call himself by that title because he is too unassuming, too humble. But my friend is the kind of person that moves energy, people, mountains... so when he directed me to Martin Prechtel's works, I paid attention. This is the first......more

Quotes

"Magical yet profoundly political, The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun returns us to our indigenous beginnings, re-connecting us to our original human form. In these genetically engineered times, nothing could be more revolutionary."-Michael Brownstein, author of World on Fire

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