Time and sacrifice in the Aztec cosmos /

"This introduction to the Mexica (or Aztec) cosmos explores sacrifice as both the foundation for and an ethical response to existence in the richly textured world of sixteenth-century Mexico. Drawing on archaeological remains, sculptures, pictorial and calendrical codices, and original translat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Read, Kay Almere, 1944-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1998.
Colección:Religion in North America.
Temas:
Aztecs > Religion.
Sacrifice > Mexico.
Human sacrifice > Mexico.
Aztec calendar.
Time > Religious aspects.
Aztèques > Religion.
Sacrifice > Mexique.
Sacrifice humain > Mexique.
Calendrier aztèque.
Temps > Aspect religieux.
RELIGION > Ethnic & Tribal.
Aztec calendar
Aztecs > Religion
Human sacrifice
Sacrifice
Time > Religious aspects
Menschenopfer
Mensenoffers.
Tijd.
Religieuze aspecten.
Azteken.
Religion aztèque.
Mexico
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"This introduction to the Mexica (or Aztec) cosmos explores sacrifice as both the foundation for and an ethical response to existence in the richly textured world of sixteenth-century Mexico. Drawing on archaeological remains, sculptures, pictorial and calendrical codices, and original translations of Nahuatl poetry and folktales, Kay Almere Read describes a world in which every being was allotted a specific lifetime and where sacrifice was the mechanism by which time functioned. This book presents a convincing interpretation of what sacrifice meant in the religious life of the Mexica people - and how human sacrifice of staggering proportions could be accepted."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 308 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-301) and index.
ISBN:0585109745
9780585109749

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