| Description |
xvii, 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: Handbook of Mesoamerican mythology. Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-302) and index. |
| Contents |
Myths and the real world -- Mesoamerican mythmakers -- Who are the Mesoamericans? -- How do we know about the Mesoamericans? -- Mythmaker's worldviews -- Cosmic topography -- Power-filled inhabitants -- Calendrically determined transformation -- Sacrifice -- Mesoamerican cultural history -- Paleo-Indian (ca. 25,000 B.C.-7000 B.C.) -- Archaic era (ca. 7000-2000 B.C.) -- Preclassic period (ca. 2000 B.C.-A.D. 250) -- Classic period (ca. A.D. 250-900/1000) -- Postclassic period (ca. A.D. 900/1000-1521) -- Spanish conquest and colonization of Mesoameric (1521-1808) -- Independence to the present (1808-2000) -- Mythic timelines -- Two mythic histories: K'iche' and Nahua -- K'iche Maya history -- Nahua history -- Mythological time. |
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Deities, themes and concepts -- Acamapichtli, Lord -- Ahuitzotl, Lord -- Ajitz C'oxol -- Bacabs -- Bats -- Blood woman -- Calendar deities -- Canek -- Chac and the chacs -- Chalchiuhtlicue -- Christ -- Cihuacoatl -- Cizin -- Coatlicue -- Cortes, Fernando (Hernan) -- Coyolxauhqui -- Cuahtemoc, Lord -- Dead, Day of the -- Feathered Serpents -- Fifth sun -- God L -- Guadalupe, Virgin of -- Gukumatz -- Hero twins (Hunahpu and Xbalanque) -- Huitzilopochtli -- Hunab Ku -- Itzamna -- Ix Chel -- Jurakan -- Kinich Ahau -- Kukulcan -- La Llorona -- Malinche -- Motecuhzoma, Lord -- Nahual (Nagual) -- 1-Death (Hun Came) and 7-Death (Vucub Came) -- Pacal -- Quetzalcoatl -- Tezcatlipoca -- Tizoc, Lord -- Tlacaellel -- Tlaloc and the Tlaloques -- Underworld and caves -- Yum Kaax (Diving god). |
| Subject |
Indian mythology -- Mexico -- Encyclopedias.
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Indian mythology -- Central America -- Encyclopedias.
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| Local Subject |
Spirituality -- Indigenous -- Mexico -- Encyclopedias.
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Spirituality -- Indigenous -- Central America -- Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
González, Jason J., 1970-
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| Added Title |
Handbook of Mesoamerican mythology
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| ISBN |
0195149092 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780195149098 paperback alkaline paper |
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