CB - Palacios, The Hummingbird King: A Guatemala Legend

֍  The Hummingbird King: A Guatemalan Legend; Argentina Palacios and Felipe Davalos, Illustrator. (1993). 32 pp.  --- [Mayan Legends and Folk Tales]

The hummingbird and the Quetzal are two important Mayan birds.  This legend tells about a young king, Kukul, who is befriended by a hummingbird and betrayed by a mean uncle, turns into the Quetzal, a wise and peaceful bird ---a symbol of freedom to all its people" and  the national bird of Guatemala.