The natural history of the soul in ancient Mexico /

"Fascinating examination of Mexica thought and belief (ca. 1200-1519) regarding the soul, utilizing iconographic and ethnohistorical sources but also giving special consideration to the influence of natural environments on ideology. Cultural concepts of special note here include the Nahua yolia...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Furst, Jill Leslie McKeever, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1995.
Temas:
Aztecs > Religion.
Indians of Mexico > Religion.
Soul.
Aztèques > Religion.
Peuples autochtones > Mexique > Religion.
Âme.
RELIGION > Theology.
Aztecs > Religion
Indians of Mexico > Religion
Soul
Seelenglaube
Ziel.
Ecologische aspecten.
Precolumbiaans tijdperk.
Mesoamerika
Azteken.
Humans > Soul
Mexico
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The evolving soul
  • The Mexica and their souls
  • The yolia and the soul
  • The yolia as a bird
  • The winged soul, universality and natural history
  • The yolia as breath
  • The yolia as shadowy double
  • The yolia as stone
  • The tonalli and fire drilling
  • The tonalli as sumptuary art
  • The tonalli as name and astrological sign
  • The tonalli and physical resemblance
  • The tonalli, body temperature and neonates
  • The tonalli and advice at puberty
  • Soul loss and aging
  • The tonalli and the cold body
  • The tonalli as body part
  • Blood, shock and sacrifice
  • The spirit, the air and the winds
  • The aires as spirits, gods and the returning dead
  • The glowing ihiyotl, the winds and the aires
  • The ignis fatuus and the ihiyotl
  • The foul-smelling ihiyotl.

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