Gods and Myths of the AztecsAn introduction to some of the more famous gods and myths of the Aztecs. |
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... Aztec culture is apparent in the fact that such a priest - king could only come from a fam- ily who claimed descent from the Toltecs , the descendants of Quetzalcoatl , the Feathered Serpent . The guiding deity of Aztec culture was not ...
... Aztec culture is apparent in the fact that such a priest - king could only come from a fam- ily who claimed descent from the Toltecs , the descendants of Quetzalcoatl , the Feathered Serpent . The guiding deity of Aztec culture was not ...
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Norman Bancroft-Hunt. THE OLMECS : ORIGINS OF AZTEC CULTURE 26. CHAPTER ONE T he Mexican scholar , Miguel Covarrubias , refers to the Olmec as the ' Mother Culture ' of all later Mesoamerican developments , and until recently it was ...
Norman Bancroft-Hunt. THE OLMECS : ORIGINS OF AZTEC CULTURE 26. CHAPTER ONE T he Mexican scholar , Miguel Covarrubias , refers to the Olmec as the ' Mother Culture ' of all later Mesoamerican developments , and until recently it was ...
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... Aztec culture , must have been known to the Zapotec , as must the Old Fire God , a symbol of the Sun , and on which the world renewal ceremonies were based at the end of a calendrical round of 52 years . We find , too , the Jaguar God ...
... Aztec culture , must have been known to the Zapotec , as must the Old Fire God , a symbol of the Sun , and on which the world renewal ceremonies were based at the end of a calendrical round of 52 years . We find , too , the Jaguar God ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 8 |
ORIGINS OF AZTEC CULTURE | 25 |
CHAPTER TWO THE OLMEC INHERITANCE | 40 |
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agricultural appears archaeological architecture associated astronomical Aztec culture Aztec world ball game ball-court blood blood-letting buildings Catherwood ceremonial centres Chalcatzingo Chiapas Chichén Itzá Chichimeca chinampas Coatlicue Colhuacan complex Copán Cortés costume death dedicated divine earth Feathered Serpent Flowers glyphs Goddess gods Guatemala Heart of Heaven Huitzilopochtli human sacrifice important influence Jaguar La Venta lineage Lord maize man-god mask Maya culture Mayan Mesoamerican cultures Mexico City Mixtec Moctezuma Monte Albán monuments Moon Museum myth neighbouring noble Oaxaca offerings Olmec Olmec belief Olmec culture OPPOSITE Pacal's Palenque patron deity period priest-ruler priests pyramid Quetzalcoatl Rain relief carvings represent ritual calendar ruler ruling élite sacred sacrificed sacrificial victims Serpent and Heart shown Smoking Mirror Spanish stelae stone symbol temple Tenochtitlan Teotihuacan Tezcatlipoca Tikal tion Tlaloc Toltec tomb tree Tula Twin Heroes Underworld Uxmal Valley of Mexico Venta Venus warriors Xibalba Xipe Totec Yucatán Peninsula Zapotec