The Aztec Myths
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The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on
Nahuatl-language sources that challenge the colonial history passed
down to us by the Spanish. How did the jaguar get his spots? What
happened to the four suns that came before our own? Where was
Aztlan, mythical homeland of the Aztecs? For decades, the popular
image of the Mexica people – better known today as the Aztecs –
has been defined by the Spaniards who conquered them. Their
salacious stories of pet snakes, human sacrifice and towering skull
racks have masked a complex world of religious belief.To reveal the
rich mythic tapestry of the Aztecs, Camilla Townsend returns to the
original tales, told at the fireside by generations of Indigenous
Nahuatl-speakers. Through their voices we learn the contested
histories of the Mexica and their neighbours in the Valley of
Mexico – the foundations of great cities, the making and breaking
of political alliances, the meddling of sometimes bloodthirsty gods
– and understand more clearly how they saw their world and their
place in it. The divine principle of Ipalnemoani connected humans
with all of nature and spiritual beliefs were woven through the
fabric of Aztec life, from the sacred ministrations of the ticitl,
midwives whose rituals saw women through childbirth, to the
inevitable passage to Mictlan, â€~our place of disappearing
together’ – the land of the dead.
Výber kníh autorov
Thames & Hudson ,
Camilla Townsend
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Thames & Hudson,
Camilla Townsend
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Slovart
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