Aztec and Maya Myths (The Legendary Past) Unknown - 1993

Hardback. Very Good.

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British Museum Press, 01/10/1993 00:00:01. paperback. Very Good. 0.5995 in x 23.9818 in x 16.9871 in.

British Museum Publications, 1993. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. pictorial gloss card covers. A very good tightly bound copy, clean and unmarked, illustrated, 80pp.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Content appears as new, unopened, unread and unblemished with fine pictorial wraps displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown. You can feel the tightness of NEW. About the book: The myths of the Aztec and Maya derive from a shared Mesoamerican cultural tradition. This is very much a living tradition and many of the motifs and gods mentioned in early sources are still evoked in the lore of contemporary Mexico and Central America. Professor Taube discusses the different sources for Aztec and Maya myths. The Aztec empire began less than 200 years before the Spanish conquests and knowledge of their mythology derives primarily from native colonial documents and manuscripts commissioned by the Spanish. The Maya mythology is far older and evidence survives from native writing and art of the classic period, over 600 years before the Spanish conquest. Drawing upon these sources, as well as 19th- and 20th-century excavations and research, including the interpretation… Leer más