Title: Time and sacrifice in the Aztec cosmos
First published: 1998
Description: This introduction to the Mexica (or Aztec) cosmos explores sacrifice as both the foundation for and an ethical response to existence in the richly textured world of sixteenth-century Mexico. Drawing on archaeological remains, sculptures, pictorial and calendrical codices, and original translations of Nahuatl poetry and folktales, Kay Almere Read describes a world in which every being was allotted a specific lifetime and where sacrifice was the mechanism by which time functioned.

This book presents a convincing interpretation of what sacrifice meant in the religious life of the Mexica people - and how human sacrifice of staggering proportions could be accepted.
Subjects: Aztec calendar, Aztecs, Human sacrifice, Religion, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Time, Sacrifice, Time, Indians of mexico, religion, Time, religious aspects, Aztèques, Sacrifice humain, Calendrier aztèque, Temps, Aspect religieux, Ethnic & Tribal, Menschenopfer, Mensenoffers, Tijd, Religieuze aspecten, Azteken, Mexico, Regions & Countries - Americas, History & Archaeology, Religion aztèque
Places: Mexico
LC classification: F1219.76.R45 R43 1998