The Aztecs: people of the sun / Alfonso Caso; illustrated by Miguel Covarrubias; translated by Lowell Dunham.
Language: English Original language: Spanish Series: The Civilization of the American Indian series ; 50 | Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 50.Publication details: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1958.Edition: [1st ed.]Description: xvii, 125 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: colour illustrations; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0806121610
- 9780806121611
- 0806104147
- 9780806104140
- Pueblo del sol. English
- 299/.792 19
- 972.014
- F1219.3.R38 C313
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Translation of El pueblo del sol.
A study of the social, cultural, and religious customs of this glorious Mexican civilization destroyed by Cortes and his Spanish conquistadores.
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
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