Ancient American PoetsThis book presents a survey of indigenous poetry that focuses on three Amerindian poets. Included are The Flower Songs by Nezahualcoyotl (Aztec), The Songs of Dzitbalche by Ah Bam (Yucataec Maya), and The Sacred Hymns of the Situa by Pachacuti (Inca), followed by biographies and commentaries on these poets? lives and times. Each poem is presented in its original language and in translation. By reading this poetry and exploring the lives of the three poets, one can visualize the indigenous world in the century before the Spanish conquest and gain a view of Amerindian history radically different from its usual presentation. |
Contents
THE SONGS OF DZITBALCHE | 55 |
THE SACRED HYMNS OF PACHACUTI | 109 |
Selected Bibliography | 159 |
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Ah Bam ah kulel Ahuayyai Amerindian ancient Ayyo Azcapotzalco Aztec Balam batab beautiful caan Canche CANTARES MEXICANOS Canul cayio ceremonies Chichimec Chilam ciichpan codex Coyote's Creator cuicatl culture Cusi Cuzco dance deities drum earth father flower songs Giver HAILLI haillikuna heart Historia holpop huehuetl Huiya Hungry Coyote HYMNS OF PACHACUTI Inca Ixtlilxochitl lacal lail language lineage live llama Lord Manco manuscript Mayan Mayapan Mexico City Nahua Nahuatl nemohua Nezahualcoyotl noyol Nueva Ohuaya ohuaya Ollantay oncan poems poetry poets priests Quechua quetzal Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl-Topiltzin quipu ROMANCES sacred hymns sanku Sapa Inca SEÑORES singer singing Situa Songs of Dzitbalche Spanish sung teech temple Tenochtitlan tepilhuan Texcoco Tezcatlipoca Tezozomoc tico tlalticpac tocoti Toltec totoco Translated Tula tumen tz'a tz'iic uay yokol uinic Uiracochan Valley of Mexico wakakuna warriors Wiracocha Xochiquetzal xochitl ye nican yehua yetel Yoyontzin Yucatan Yucatec Maya