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Enchanted Legends and Lore of New Mexico: Witches, Ghosts and Spirits
Beginning in the seventeenth century, townsfolk and rural dwellers in the remote Spanish colonial city of Santa Fe maintained a provocative interest in mysterious and miraculous visions. This preoccupation with the afterlife, occult forces and unearthly beings existing outside the natural world led to early witch trials, stories about saintly apparitions and strange encounters with spirits and haunted places. New Mexican author Ray John de Aragón explores the time-honored tradition of frightening folklore in the Land of Enchantment in this intriguing collection of tales that crosses cultures in the dark corners of the southwestern night.
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Enchanted Legends and Lore of New Mexico: Witches, Ghosts and Spirits
Beginning in the seventeenth century, townsfolk and rural dwellers in the remote Spanish colonial city of Santa Fe maintained a provocative interest in mysterious and miraculous visions. This preoccupation with the afterlife, occult forces and unearthly beings existing outside the natural world led to early witch trials, stories about saintly apparitions and strange encounters with spirits and haunted places. New Mexican author Ray John de Aragón explores the time-honored tradition of frightening folklore in the Land of Enchantment in this intriguing collection of tales that crosses cultures in the dark corners of the southwestern night.
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Enchanted Legends and Lore of New Mexico: Witches, Ghosts and Spirits

Enchanted Legends and Lore of New Mexico: Witches, Ghosts and Spirits

by Ray John de Arag n
Enchanted Legends and Lore of New Mexico: Witches, Ghosts and Spirits

Enchanted Legends and Lore of New Mexico: Witches, Ghosts and Spirits

by Ray John de Arag n

Overview

Beginning in the seventeenth century, townsfolk and rural dwellers in the remote Spanish colonial city of Santa Fe maintained a provocative interest in mysterious and miraculous visions. This preoccupation with the afterlife, occult forces and unearthly beings existing outside the natural world led to early witch trials, stories about saintly apparitions and strange encounters with spirits and haunted places. New Mexican author Ray John de Aragón explores the time-honored tradition of frightening folklore in the Land of Enchantment in this intriguing collection of tales that crosses cultures in the dark corners of the southwestern night.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781609495725
Publisher: History Press, The
Publication date: 04/08/2012
Pages: 112
Sales rank: 996,434
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Ray John de Aragón was born in Las Vegas, New Mexico. His great-grandmother Dona Catalina Mondragon de Valdez, who was a curandera, a medicine woman, delivered him. He grew up with the culture, traditions, heritage and the history of Spanish New Mexico, which dates back to the settlement of the territory by Spanish colonists in 1598. He is an internationally recognized author with several published books. He is also a recognized visual artist and santero, a maker of religious images.

Table of Contents

The Dedication 7

"The Book" 9

Forward into the Unknown 11

I Historical Overview: Witches 15

The Bruja's Curse 19

Los Voladeros/The Flyers 23

The Headless Horseman of Santa Fé 28

Fearless John/Juan Sin Miedo 35

Crisscrossed Witches 39

II Historical Overview: Culture and Tradition 43

The Merry Ghost 47

Night Specter 55

Juan Goche 61

Gold Teeth 65

The Legend of La Pavura Blanca 71

Juana Marchanta 75

The Sheepherder and the Chupacabra 86

Half Past Twelve 92

A Dark, Misty Night 95

Angelina Chávez 102

About the Author 109

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