Contributions

  • Lysa Hochroth (Translator) - Contributor

Publication

2002-10-29 - The Johns Hopkins University Press

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100801871018
  • ISBN-139780801871016
  • LibraryThing1065069
  • Goodreads1292199
  • OCLC Control Number39313429
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780801871016
  • Open LibraryOL7870949M

Classifications

  • DDC299/.72
  • LCCF1219.76.R45 F613 1999

Description

In this comprehensive study, Enrique Florescano traces the spread of the worship of the Plumed Serpent, and the multiplicity of interpretations that surround him, by comparing the Palenque inscriptions (ca. A.D. 690), the Vienna Codex (pre-Hispanic Conquest), the Historia de los Mexicanos (1531), the Popul Vuh (ca. 1554), and numerous other texts. He also consults and reproduces archeological evidence from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, demonstrating how the myth of Quetzalcoatl extends throughout Mesoamerica.

First Sentence

Years ago, when Joseph Campbell set out to document the different manifestations of the cultural hero, he discovered that there were a thousand of them.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Myth of QuetzalcoatlPaperbackThe Johns Hopkins University Press2002-10-29

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