The Fate of Earthly Things: Aztec Gods and God-Bodies - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Molly H. BassettSeries:Recovering Languages and Literacies of the AmericasPublish date:2015-01-30Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9781477309865ISBN-10:1477309861UPC:9781477309865Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Indigenous, Folk & Tribal, ArchaeologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCRGJPCNZS
The Fate of Earthly Things: Aztec Gods and God-Bodies
Following their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly did the Aztecs mean by a "god" (teotl), and how could human beings become gods or take on godlike properties? This sophisticated, interdisciplinary study analyzes three concepts that are foundational to Aztec religion-teotl (god), teixiptla (localized embodiment of a god), and...
Series: Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Texas PressISBN-13:9781477309865ISBN-10:1477309861UPC:9781477309865Book Category:Social Science, ReligionBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Indigenous, Folk & Tribal, ArchaeologyBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCRGJPCNZS
Bassett, Molly H.: - MOLLY H. BASSETT is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta and a research affiliate with the Zacatecas Institute for Teaching and Research in Ethnology (IDIEZ) in Zacatecas, Mexico.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
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