Book of the Gods and Rites and The Ancient Calendar
Author: Diego Durán
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 502
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Author: Diego Durán
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Published: 1971
Total Pages: 502
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Published: 1971
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ISBN-13: 9780806112015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Diego Durán
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9780806112015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Diego Durán
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 730
ISBN-13: 9780806126494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn unabridged translation of a 16th century Dominican friar's history of the Aztec world before the Spanish conquest, based on a now-lost Nahuatl chronicle and interviews with Aztec informants. Duran traces the history of the Aztecs from their mythic origins to the destruction of the empire, and describes the court life of the elite, the common people, and life in times of flood, drought, and war. Includes an introduction and annotations providing background on recent studies of colonial Mexico, and 62 b&w illustrations from the original manuscript. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Author: Diego Durán (O.P.)
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 502
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Elizabeth Morán
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2016-12-06
Total Pages: 157
ISBN-13: 147731069X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAztec painted manuscripts and sculptural works, as well as indigenous and Spanish sixteenth-century texts, were filled with images of foodstuffs and food processing and consumption. Both gods and humans were depicted feasting, and food and eating clearly played a pervasive, integral role in Aztec rituals. Basic foods were transformed into sacred elements within particular rituals, while food in turn gave meaning to the ritual performance. This pioneering book offers the first integrated study of food and ritual in Aztec art. Elizabeth Morán asserts that while feasting and consumption are often seen as a secondary aspect of ritual performance, a close examination of images of food rites in Aztec ceremonies demonstrates that the presence—or, in some cases, the absence—of food in the rituals gave them significance. She traces the ritual use of food from the beginning of Aztec mythic history through contact with Europeans, demonstrating how food and ritual activity, the everyday and the sacred, blended in ceremonies that ranged from observances of births, marriages, and deaths to sacrificial offerings of human hearts and blood to feed the gods and maintain the cosmic order. Morán also briefly considers continuities in the use of pre-Hispanic foods in the daily life and ritual practices of contemporary Mexico. Bringing together two domains that have previously been studied in isolation, Sacred Consumption promises to be a foundational work in Mesoamerican studies.
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Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780888999214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMayan civilization once flourished in what is today Guatemala and the Yucatan. The Mayan sacred book the Popol Vuh tells of the creation of the universe, the world of gods and demi-gods and the creation of mankind.
Author: Michael Judge
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Published: 2012-06
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1611455111
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThree streams of history created the Western calendar - from the East beginning with the Sumerians, from the Celtic and Germanic peoples in the North, and again from the East, this time from Palestine with the rise of Christianity. The author teases out the contributions of each stream.
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Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 0684818450
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne of the most extraordinary works of the human imagination and the most important text in the native languages of the Americas, Popul Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life was first made accessible to the public 10 years ago. This new edition retains the quality of the original translation, has been enriched, and includes 20 new illustrations, maps, drawings, and photos.
Author: Linda Woodbridge
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 316
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