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Aztec and Maya myths / Karl Taube
This volume examines the shared Mesoamerican mythological traditions of the Aztec and Maya civilisations. Drawing on archaeological research and colonial documents, it analyses significant narratives such as the Popol Vuh and various creation and flood myths.
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View in Vernon Browser| vernon_accession | 1102 |
| vernon_id | 4992 |
| vernon_slug | aztec-and-maya-myths-karl-taube |
| vernon_authors | Karl A. Taube |
| vernon_tags | Science, Religion, Astronomy, Physical sciences, Central America -- Civilisation, Cosmology, Maya art, Art, Central American, Indians of Central America, Ethnology -- Central America, Anthropology, Culture, Mythology, Gods, Mythology, Classical, Aztecs, Indians of Mexico, Ethnology -- Mexico, Mexico -- Antiquities, Aztec gods, Aztecs -- Social life and customs, Aztec cosmology, Aztec mythology |
| vernon_production_date | 1993 |
| vernon_brief_description | Professor Taube discusses the different sources for Aztec and Maya myths. The Aztec empire began less than 200 years before the Spanish conquest, and our knowledge of their mythology derives primarily from native colonial documents and manuscripts commissioned by the Spanish. The Maya mythology is far older, and our knowledge of it comes mainly from native manuscripts of the Classic period, over 600 years before the Spanish conquest. Drawing on these sources as well as nineteenth- and twentieth-century excavations and research, including the interpretation of the codices and the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing, the author discusses, among other things, the Popol Vuh myths of the Maya, the flood myth of Northern Yucatan, and the Aztec creation myths. |
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| vernon_ob_status | Accessioned |
| vernon_isbn_issn | 9780714117423 |
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