Tezcatlipoca : Trickster and Supreme Deity /

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"Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity brings archaeological evidence into the body of scholarship on "the lord of the smoking mirror," one of the most important Aztec deities. While iconographic and textual resources from sixteenth-century chroniclers and codices have contributed...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Baquedano, Elizabeth (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tezcatlipoca > (Aztec deity)
Aztecs > Religion.
Aztec mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Archaeology.
Mythologie azteque.
Azteques > Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Symbolizing Tezcatlipoca
  • 1. The Archaeology of Tezcatlipoca
  • 2. Iconographic Characteristics of Tezcatlipoca in the Representations of Central Mexico
  • 3. Enemy Brothers or Divine Twins?
  • 4. Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli
  • 5. Tezcatlipoca as a Warrior
  • 6. Gender Ambiguity and the Toxcatl Sacrifice
  • 7. The Maya Lord of the Smoking Mirror
  • References
  • Index

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