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The myths of the Aztec and Maya derive from a shared Mesoamerican cultural tradition. This is very much a living tradition, and many of the motifs and gods mentioned in early sources are still evoked in the lore of contemporary Mexico and Guatemala. Professor Taube discusses the different sources for Aztec and Maya myths. The Aztec empire began less than 200 years before the Spanish conquest, and our knowledge of their mythology derives primarily from native colonial documents and manuscripts commissioned by the Spanish. The Maya mythology is far older, and our knowledge of it comes mainly from native manuscripts of the Classic period, over 600 years before the Spanish conquest. Drawing on these sources as well as nineteenth- and twentieth-century excavations and research, including the interpretation of the codices and the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing, the author discusses, among other things, the Popol Vuh myths of the Maya, the flood myth of Northern Yucatan, and the Aztec creation myths.
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Aztec and Maya Myths, Karl Taube
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- Année de publication
- 1993
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- Titre
- Aztec and Maya Myths
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Karl Taube
- Éditeur
- British Museum Press
- Publié
- 1993
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 029278130x
- ISBN13
- 9780292781306
- Séries
- Le passé légendaire
- Mots clés
- Nonfiction, Sciences sociales, Esotérisme & Religion, Thèmes religieux, Religion, Spiritualité et spiritualisme, Mythologie, Anthropologie, Passé, Recherche, Mayas, Aztèques
- Première publication
- 2002
- Titre original
- Aztec and Maya Myths
- Évaluation
- 3,6 sur 5
- Description
- The myths of the Aztec and Maya derive from a shared Mesoamerican cultural tradition. This is very much a living tradition, and many of the motifs and gods mentioned in early sources are still evoked in the lore of contemporary Mexico and Guatemala. Professor Taube discusses the different sources for Aztec and Maya myths. The Aztec empire began less than 200 years before the Spanish conquest, and our knowledge of their mythology derives primarily from native colonial documents and manuscripts commissioned by the Spanish. The Maya mythology is far older, and our knowledge of it comes mainly from native manuscripts of the Classic period, over 600 years before the Spanish conquest. Drawing on these sources as well as nineteenth- and twentieth-century excavations and research, including the interpretation of the codices and the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing, the author discusses, among other things, the Popol Vuh myths of the Maya, the flood myth of Northern Yucatan, and the Aztec creation myths.