Native Mesoamerican spirituality : ancient myths, discourses, stories, doctrines, hymns, poems from the Aztec, Yucatec, Quiche-Maya and other sacred traditions
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TextSeries: (Classics of Western Spirituality)New York Paulist Press c1980Description: xx, 300p.; bibliog.; indicesContent type: - text
- unmediated
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- 0809122316
- F1219.3.R38 N37
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Edited with a foreword, introd., and notes by Miguel Le�n-Portilla. Translations by Miguel Le�n-Portilla, J.O. Arthur Anderson, Charles E. Dibble and Munro S. Edmonson.. Preface by Fernando Horcasitas
Introduction. 1 The ancient world. 2 Creation myths. 3 The story of Quetzalcoatl. 4 The official dogma and the doubts of the sages about the afterlife. 5 Anonymous religious poetry and other related texts. 6 The poetry of Nezahualcoyotl (1402-1472) and of other priests and sages known to us
'...presents a carefully edited and translated collection of Pre-Columbian ancient spiritual texts. It presents relevant examples of those sacred writings of the indigeous peoples of Central America, especially Mexico, that have survived destruction. The majority of texts were conceived in the 950-1521 A.D. period. Their authors were primarily anonymous sages, priests and members of the ancient nobility....'
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