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History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca

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Availability:In StockContributor:John BierhorstPublish date:1998-06-01Pages:238
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Arizona PressISBN-13:9780816518869ISBN-10:816518866UPC:9780816518869Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Latin AmericaBook Topic:MexicoSize:9.04 x 5.97 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC9AB6PYMH
One of the great documents of colonial Mexico, the Codex Chimalpopoca chronicles the rise of Aztec civilization and preserves the mythology on which it was based. Its two complementary texts, Annals of Cuauhtitlan and Legend of the Suns, record the pre-Cort sian history of the Valley of Mexico together with firsthand versions of that region's myths.

Of particular interest are the stories of the hero-god Quetzalcoatl, for which the Chimalpopoca is the premier source. John Bierhorst's work is the first major scholarship on the Codex Chimalpopoca in more than forty years. His is the first edition in English and the first in any language to include the complete text of the Legend of the Suns. The precise, readable translation not only contributes to the study of Aztec history and literature but also makes the codex an indispensable reference for Aztec cultural topics, including land tenure, statecraft, the role of women, the tribute system, warfare, and human sacrifice.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Arizona PressISBN-13:9780816518869ISBN-10:816518866UPC:9780816518869Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Latin AmericaBook Topic:MexicoSize:9.04 x 5.97 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC9AB6PYMH
John Bierhorst is also the editor-translator of Cantares Mexicanos: Songs of the Aztecs and the author of a Nahuatl-English dictionary. Currently he is at work on a bilingual edition of the manuscript Romances de los senores de la Nueva Espana, a sixteenth-century compilation of Aztec song texts.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press

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John Bierhorst

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