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Author Read, Kay Almere, 1944-

Title Time and sacrifice in the Aztec cosmos / Kay Almere Read
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 308 pages) : illustrations
Series Religion in North America
Religion in North America.
Summary "This introduction to the Mexica (or Aztec) cosmos explores sacrifice as both the foundation for and an ethical response to existence in the richly textured world of sixteenth-century Mexico. Drawing on archaeological remains, sculptures, pictorial and calendrical codices, and original translations of Nahuatl poetry and folktales, Kay Almere Read describes a world in which every being was allotted a specific lifetime and where sacrifice was the mechanism by which time functioned. This book presents a convincing interpretation of what sacrifice meant in the religious life of the Mexica people - and how human sacrifice of staggering proportions could be accepted."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-301) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Aztecs -- Religion.
Sacrifice -- Mexico
Human sacrifice -- Mexico
Aztec calendar.
Time -- Religious aspects.
RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal.
Aztec calendar
Aztecs -- Religion
Human sacrifice
Sacrifice
Time -- Religious aspects
Menschenopfer
Mensenoffers.
Tijd.
Religieuze aspecten.
Azteken.
Religion aztèque.
Sacrifice humain -- Mexique.
Mexico
Azteken.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0585109745
9780585109749