Lord Eight Wind of Suchixtlan and the heroes of ancient Oaxaca
Subtitle: reading history in the Codex Zouche-Nuttall
By: Robert Lloyd Williams ; foreword by F. Kent Reilly, III ; introduction by John M. D. Pohl.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Austin, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780292721210
Subjects: Eight Wind, -- 935-1027; Codex Nuttall; Manuscripts, Mixtec; Mixtec Indians -- History; Mixtec Indians -- Kings and rulers; Mixtec language -- Writing; Picture-writing -- Mexico
Description: "In this pathfinding work, Robert Lloyd Williams presents a methodology for reading the Codex Zouche-Nuttall that unlocks its essentially linear historical chronology. Recognizing that the codex is a combination of history in the European sense and the timelessness of myth in the Native American sense, he brings to vivid life the history of Lord Eight Wind of Suchixtlan (AD 935-1027), a ruler with the attributes of both man and deity, as well as other heroic Oaxacan figures, including Lady Six Monkey of Jaltepec, Lord Two Rain Twenty Jaguars of Tilantongo, and Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw. Williams also provides context for the history of Lord Eight Wind through essays dealing with Mixtec ceremonial rites and social structure, drawn from information in five surviving Mixtec codices."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.