Mesoamerican mythology : a guide to the gods, heroes, rituals, and beliefs of Mexico and Central America
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TextNew York/Oxford Oxford Univ. Press c2000Description: xvii, 335p.; resources; bibliog. refs.; glossary; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0-19-514909-2
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Orig. pub: Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2000.
1 Introduction. Myths and the real world. The Mesoamerican mythmakers. Mesoamerican cultural history. 2 Mythic timelines. Two mythic histories: K'iche' and Nahua. Mythological time. 3 Deities, themes, and concepts. 4 Annotated print and nonprint resources
'An excellent resource...introduces readers to the mythology of Mexico and Central America. Its chief focus is on Mexican Highland and Maya areas, as they were, and are, of utmost importance to Mesoamerican history. An extensive and edifying introduction defines the nature of myth, the Mesoamericans as a people, and the cultural worldview that informed Mesoamerican mythology....presents historical and mythological timelines, with each time period and cultural group fully defined. Also featured is a quick geographical and historical survey of Mesoamerica from the Paleoindian Era to the present....'
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