The Aztecs:
Caso, Alfonso, 1896-1970.
The Aztecs: people of the sun / Alfonso Caso; illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias; translated by Lowell Dunham. - [1st ed.]. - Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. - xvii, 125 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: colour illustrations; 28 cm. - The Civilization of the American Indian series; 50 . - Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 50. .
Translation of El pueblo del sol.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Magic and Religion -- The character of the aztec religion -- The creation of the gods -- The four directions -- The creation of man -- Man, the collaborator of the gods -- The creator gods -- The raiment of the gods -- Complexity of the aztec pantheon -- Tezcatlipoca -- The worship of the sun, the moon, and the stars -- The gods of fire -- The gods of water and of vegetation -- The earth gods -- The gods of death -- The paradises and the hells -- The calendars -- Priestly organization -- The people of the sun
A study of the social, cultural, and religious customs of this glorious Mexican civilization destroyed by Cortes and his Spanish conquistadores.
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Aztecs.
Aztec mythology.
Aztecs.
Aztec mythology.
Aztecs.
Aztecs
F1219.3.R38 / C313
299/.792 972.014
The Aztecs: people of the sun / Alfonso Caso; illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias; translated by Lowell Dunham. - [1st ed.]. - Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958. - xvii, 125 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: colour illustrations; 28 cm. - The Civilization of the American Indian series; 50 . - Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 50. .
Translation of El pueblo del sol.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Magic and Religion -- The character of the aztec religion -- The creation of the gods -- The four directions -- The creation of man -- Man, the collaborator of the gods -- The creator gods -- The raiment of the gods -- Complexity of the aztec pantheon -- Tezcatlipoca -- The worship of the sun, the moon, and the stars -- The gods of fire -- The gods of water and of vegetation -- The earth gods -- The gods of death -- The paradises and the hells -- The calendars -- Priestly organization -- The people of the sun
A study of the social, cultural, and religious customs of this glorious Mexican civilization destroyed by Cortes and his Spanish conquistadores.
0806121610 9780806121611 0806104147 9780806104140
BX58011603
58011603
(AMICUS)000001074605 014025685 Uk
Aztecs.
Aztec mythology.
Aztecs.
Aztec mythology.
Aztecs.
Aztecs
F1219.3.R38 / C313
299/.792 972.014