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Mesoamerican

Mesoamerican mythologies — the religious cosmologies of the peoples between central Mexico and Honduras — are among the most fully developed pre-Columbian...

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Mesoamerican mythologies — the religious cosmologies of the peoples between central Mexico and Honduras — are among the most fully developed pre-Columbian intellectual traditions in the Americas. They produced calendars precise to seconds, astronomy that predicted Venus cycles, and a literary tradition we are still reading. Key sections include: Meso america.; Opening Cosmologies of corn and blood.; Chapter I Olmec foundations.; Chapter II The classical city.; Chapter III The Classic period.; Chapter IV The K'iche' creation epic.; Chapter V Mexica origins.; Chapter VI Many gods, ordered.; Chapter VII Smoking mirror.; Chapter VIII The feathered serpent..

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  1. 01Meso america.
  2. 02Opening Cosmologies of corn and blood.
  3. 03Chapter I Olmec foundations.
  4. 04Chapter II The classical city.
  5. 05Chapter III The Classic period.
  6. 06Chapter IV The K'iche' creation epic.
  7. 07Chapter V Mexica origins.
  8. 08Chapter VI Many gods, ordered.
  9. 09Chapter VII Smoking mirror.
  10. 10Chapter VIII The feathered serpent.
  11. 11Chapter IX The catastrophe.
  12. 12Chapter X The few survivors.
  13. 13Chapter XI The Long Count.
  14. 14Chapter XII Cosmic sport.
  15. 15Chapter XIII The contested element.
  16. 16Chapter XIV World Tree and Xibalba.
  17. 17Chapter XV The other traditions.
  18. 18Chapter XVI The traditions today.
  19. 19Chapter XVII The 20th-century rediscovery.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Mexican identity.
  21. 21Chapter XIX The integrating concepts.
  22. 22Chapter XX Old World parallels.
  23. 23Chapter XXI What we still don't know.
  24. 24Chapter XXII How to learn more.
  25. 25Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
  26. 26Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
  27. 27Chapter XXV If you want to learn it.
  28. 28Chapter XXVI Why it matters.
  29. 29Chapter XXVII The next decade.
  30. 30The end of the deck.
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