Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire
Subtitle: Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition
Edition: Revised edition
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: January 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780870815584
Subjects: Ethnic or tribal religions; North American archaeology; Religion: general; Social Science; General; Native American Religions; Pre-Columbian Archaeology; Urban residence; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sacred space; Sociology; North America; The Americas; Ancient - General; Archaeology; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Aztec mythology; Aztecs; Quetzalcoatl (Aztec deity)
First sentence: The historian of religions working with primary sources representing Mesoamerican religions is faced with a distinctly complex relationship between the texts and their contexts.