Encounter with the Plumed Serpent : Drama and Power in the Heart of Mesoamerica

Encounter with the Plumed Serpent Drama and Power in the Heart of Mesoamerica

The Mixtec, or the people of Savi ("Nation of the Rain God"), one of the major civilizations of ancient Mesoamerica, made their home in the highlands of Oaxaca, where they resisted both Aztec military expansion and the Spanish conquest. This book presents and interprets the sacred historie...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jansen, Maarten E. R. G. N. 1952- (-)
Otros Autores: Perez Jimenez, Gabina Aurora
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder : University Press of Colorado 2007
2007.
Colección:Mesoamerican worlds.
Materias:
Mixtec Indians > Social life and customs.
Mixtec Indians > Genealogy.
Mixtec Indians > Historiography.
Manuscripts, Mixtec.
Anthropology
Deer
Lord
Monte Albán
Toltec
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426261606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The mat and the throne
  • Storytelling and ritual
  • Descent of the plumed serpent
  • Founding mothers
  • The rise of Ñuu Tnoo
  • Lord of the Toltecs
  • Triumph and tragedy
  • Flute of the divine
  • The crown of Motecuhzoma.

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