The Myth of Quetzalcoatl : Religion, Rulership, and History in the Nahua World / Alfredo López Austin ; translated by Russ Davidson with Guilhem Olivier.

Author/creator López Austin, Alfredo author.
Other author Olivier, Guilhem, 1962- translator.
Other author Davidson, Russ translator.
Format Book
PublicationBoulder : University Press of Colorado, [2015]
Descriptionxx, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Aztec mythology.
Aztecs--Social life and customs.
Quetzalcoatl (Aztec deity)

Uniform titleHombre-dios. English
Contents Reed -- The initial focus of foreign origin -- The skeptical focus -- The critical focus -- The end of a truncated history and its consequences -- Men and gods -- Space and time -- The nature of the man-god -- The life of the man-god -- The history of the man-god.
Abstract "The Myth of Quetzalcoatl is a translation of Alfredo López Austin's 1973 book Hombre-Dios: Religión y politica en el mundo náhuatl. Despite its pervasive and lasting influence on the study of Mesoamerican history, religion in general, and the Quetzalcoatl myth in particular, this is the first English translation of the work"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index.
LanguageTranslated from the Spanish.
LCCN 2014048160
ISBN9781607323907 (cloth)
ISBN1607323907 (cloth)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks F1219.3 .R38 L5913 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold