The Fate of Earthly Things : Aztec Gods and God-Bodies /

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"Following their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly did the Aztecs mean by a "god" (teotl), and how could human beings become gods or take on godlike properties? This sophisticated, interdisciplinary study analyzes th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bassett, Molly H., 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Aztecs > Rites and ceremonies.
Aztec gods.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Azteques > Rites et ceremonies.
Dieux azteques.
Aztecs > Relgion.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. God-bodies, talk-makers : deity embodiments in Nahua religions
  • Chapter 1. Meeting the gods
  • Chapter 2. Ethnolinguistic encounters : teotl and teixiptla in Nahuatl scholarship
  • Chapter 3. Divining the meaning of teotl
  • Chapter 4. Gods in the flesh : the animation of Aztec teixiptlahuan
  • Chapter 5. Wrapped in cloth, clothed in skins : Aztec tlaquimilolli (sacred bundles) and deity embodiment
  • Conclusion. Fates and futures : conclusions and new directions
  • Appendix A. Ixiptla variants in early lexicons
  • Appendix B.A list of terms modified by teo- in the Florentine Codex
  • Appendix C. Turquoise, jet, and gold
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • index.

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