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The myth of Quetzalcoatl : religion, rulership, and history in the Nahua world /

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 En...

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Main Author: López Austin, Alfredo (Author)
Corporate Authors: Davidson, Russ (Translator), Olivier, Guilhem (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Spanish.
Published: Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2015]
Subjects:
Quetzalcoatl > (Mesoamerican deity)
Aztec mythology.
Aztecs > Social life and customs.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:xx, 229 pages ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index.
ISBN:9781607323907
1607323907