Tamoanchan, Tlalocan: Places of MistDrawing from historical sources, iconography, and beliefs of modern Indians, Lopez Austin (philosophy and letters, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) offers a new interpretation of the two mysterious places in the world vision of the Aztecs. Chapters on each of the two are supported with discussions of the relationships of the essences and making a model based on contemporary native concepts. The Spanish version was published in 1994 by Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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ancestors ancient Nahua animals animistic animistic entities believed birth bones called cave celestial ceremony Chichimec Chicomecoatl Chicomoztoc Cipactonal Códice Florentino 1979 Códice Telleriano-Remensis coessence cold forces complex cosmic cosmic trees cosmos cosmovision created creation cycle dead death deities Durán ears of maize earth earthly Ehecatl essence feast Figure fire flowers four Furst Galinier Garibay glyph goddess Guiteras heart hill historical Huichol Huitzilopochtli human groups Ichon interpretation land live López Austin 1993 Lord Lumholtz maize means Mesoamerican religion Mexica mexicanos México Mictlan Moon mother mountain myth mythical Nahua Nahuatl Nakawé Olmec Omeyocan origin Otomi Oxomoco Piña Chan 1986 Plancarte plant pulque Quetzalcoatl rain rainy season religious replications ritual sacred Sahagún says seed serpent sexual Signorini and Lupo soul sources Stela symbol Talokan Tamoanchan Tamoanchan and Tlalocan Teotihuacan Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tlalocan tlaloque Tzotzil underworld Williams García 1965 Xochicalco Zingg