Puerto Rico · Folktales and oral traditions
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Puerto Rico
- Tales
- 1
- Dated records
- 3
- Tales linked to multiple countries
- 0
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Juan Bobo appears in many Puerto Rican tales. Here preparations for church meet the work of looking after an animal at home. The 1926 Spanish text and a modern bilingual anthology show how the humour reaches different readers.
Tales in the Atlas
Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass
1926 · Rafael Ramírez de Arellano · Folklore portorriqueño · no. 119
2008 · Arí Acevedo · Juan Bobo Sends the Pig to Mass · Story Cove
2021 · Rafael Ocasio · Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico · Rutgers University Press
Tales found across countries
No tales linked to multiple countries are listed for this country yet.