The myth of Quetzalcoatl / Enrique Florescano ; translation by Lysa Hochroth ; illustrations by Raú...
The myth of Quetzalcoatl / Enrique Florescano ; translation by Lysa Hochroth ; illustrations by Raú...
The myth of Quetzalcoatl / Enrique Florescano ; translation by Lysa Hochroth ; illustrations by Raúl Velázquez.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
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Date
1999.
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T0381695
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English
Spanish
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Physical content
xii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Diverse Manifestations of the Divinity -- 2. Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Hero of Civilization -- 3. Interpretations -- 4. Toward a New Interpretation of the Myth of Quetzalcoatl -- 5. The Children of the Mother Goddess: Dumuzi, Tammuz, Osiris, Adonis, Persephone, and Quetzalcoatl.
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
1999.
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Summary
In this comprehensive study, Enrique Florescano traces the spread of the worship of the Plumed Serpent, and the multiplicity of interpretations that surround him, by comparing the Palenque inscriptions (ca. A.D. 690), the Vienna Codex (pre-Hispanic Conquest), the Historia de los Mexicanos (1531), the Popul Vuh (ca. 1554), and numerous other texts....
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The myth of Quetzalcoatl / Enrique Florescano ; translation by Lysa Hochroth ; illustrations by Raúl Velázquez.
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Translation of: El mito de Quetzalcóatl.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index.
Transferred from N299.72/2.
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T0381695
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74VvgO73xObl
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ISBN
0801871018
9780801859991 (acid-free paper)
0801859999 (acid-free paper)
9780801871016
DDC
299.72
MMS ID
991012244549702626
