Myths of ancient Mexico
By: by Michel Graulich ; translated by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano and Thelma Ortiz de Montellano.
Series: The civilization of the American Indian series ;; v. 222
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press; Brand: University of Oklahoma Press; Univ of Oklahoma Pr
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Indian mythology -- Mexico.
Description: "Innovative study, drawing on extensive ethnohistorical and ethnographical materials, of the mythology of the Toltecs and the Aztecs, with broader Mesoamerican comparisons, including the Popol Vuh of the Quiché Maya. Finds recurring themes in origin stories of light and darkness, sacrifice, expulsion and wanderings, and arrival in a Promised Land. Analysis includes considerations of myth vs. history"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-358) and index.
This text, which is based on the author's Mitos y rituales del Mexico antiguo (Madrid: Ediciones Istmo, 1990), does not include the section on the rituals of ancient Mexico.