The myth of Quetzalcoatl
By: Enrique Florescano ; translation by Lysa Hochroth ; illustrations by Raúl Velázquez.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Quetzalcoatl (Aztec deity); Aztecs -- Religion.; Aztec art.; Indians of Mexico -- Religion.; Indian art -- Mexico.
Description: 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.

He also consults and reproduces archeological evidence from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, demonstrating how the myth of Quetzalcoatl extends throughout Mesoamerica.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-280) and index.
Translation of: El mito de Quetzalcóatl.