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Author López Austin, Alfredo, author.

Title The myth of Quetzalcoatl : religion, rulership, and history in the Nahua world / Alfredo López Austin ; translated by Russ Davidson with Guilhem Olivier.

Publication Info. Boulder : University Press of Colorado, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource
text file
Physical Medium polychrome
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.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Quetzalcoatl (Mesoamerican deity)
Quetzalcoatl (Mesoamerican deity)
Aztec mythology.
Aztec mythology.
Aztecs -- Social life and customs.
Aztecs -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Title Hombre-dios. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014076739
Other Form: Print version: López Austin, Alfredo. Hombre-dios. English. Myth of Quetzalcoatl 9781607323907 (DLC) 2014048160 (OCoLC)898092749
ISBN 9781607323990 (electronic book)
1607323990 (electronic book)
9781607323907
1607323907