Description: Used, good condition. see photos. TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface 1. Introduction Gary H. Gossen Mesoamerican Ideas as a Foundation for Regional Synthesis Il. Central Valley of Mexico and Oaxaca Thelma D. Sullivan A Scattering of Jades: The Words of Aztec Elders Brant Gardner Reconstructing the Ethnohistory of Myth: A Structural Study of the Aztec "Legend of the Suns" Doris Heyden Metaphors, Nahualtocaitl, and Other "Disguised" Terms Among the Aztecs T.J. Knab Metaphors, Concepts, and Coherence in Aztec Jill Leslie Furst The Lords of "Place of the Ascending Serpent": Dynastic Succession on the Nuttall Obverse III. The Maya Area Peter T. Furst Human Biology and the Origin of the 260-Day Sacred Almanac: The Contribution of Leonhard Schultze Jena (1872-1955) Dennis Tedlock Creation in the Popol Vuh: A Hermeneutical Approach Kazuyasu Ochiai On Whom the Gods Tried Their Swords: A Semiotic Approach to the Combat Myths of the Popol Vuh Martin Pickands The Hero Myth in Maya Folklore Barbara Tedlock On a Mountain Road in the Dark: Encounters with the Quiché Maya Culture Hero Garrett Cook Quichean Folk Theology and Southern Maya Supernaturalism Duncan M. Earle The Metaphor of the Day in Quiché: Notes on the Nature of Everyday Life Nathaniel Tarn and Martin Prechtel Constant Inconstancy: The Feminine Principle in Atiteco Mythology John R. Sosa Maya Concepts of Astronomical Order David G. Scotchmer Convergence of the Gods: Comparing Traditional Maya and Christian Maya Cosmologies Gary H. Gossen The Chamula Festival of Games: Native Macroanalysis and Social Commentary in a Maya Carnival References Cited
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Number of Pages: 277 Pages
Publication Name: Symbol and Meaning Beyond the Closed Community : Essays in Mesoamerican Ideas
Language: English
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Subject: Latin America / Mexico, Archaeology, Indigenous Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Publication Year: 1986
Item Height: 0.5 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.5 Oz
Subject Area: Social Science, History
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Gary H. Gossen
Series: The Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, Unviersity at Albany; Studies in Culture and Society Ser.
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