An Epoch of MiraclesMr. Allan Burns, I am here to tell you an example, the example of the Hunchbacks. So said Paulino Yam, traditionalist and storyteller, to Allan Burns, anthropologist and linguist, as he began one story that found its way into this book. Paulino Yam was just one of several master storytellers from the Yucatn Peninsula of Mexico from whom Burns learned not only the Mayan language but also the style and performance of myths, stories, riddles, prayers,