Gods and Myths of the AztecsAn introduction to some of the more famous gods and myths of the Aztecs. |
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... maize grain and red seeds from the tzité plant to count the days of the sacred calendar . Xpiyacoc and Xmucane ... maize , the flesh of the people . From maize the people were created . The maize people pos- sessed great wisdom and clear ...
... maize grain and red seeds from the tzité plant to count the days of the sacred calendar . Xpiyacoc and Xmucane ... maize , the flesh of the people . From maize the people were created . The maize people pos- sessed great wisdom and clear ...
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... maize people were dimmed . Finally the people sep- arated , going in different directions and speaking dif- ferent languages , then , when the Morning Star rose , the gods and the most powerful animals were turned into images of stone ...
... maize people were dimmed . Finally the people sep- arated , going in different directions and speaking dif- ferent languages , then , when the Morning Star rose , the gods and the most powerful animals were turned into images of stone ...
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... maize agriculture . That the great ceremonial centres of the coastal Olmecs should have impressed them- selves on archeologists is due , essentially , to their size and to the fact that they are located in areas where investigation has ...
... maize agriculture . That the great ceremonial centres of the coastal Olmecs should have impressed them- selves on archeologists is due , essentially , to their size and to the fact that they are located in areas where investigation has ...
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