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Mar 4, 2020 · The fundamental concepts of ancient Mexico presented and examined in this book have been taken from more than ninety original Aztec documents. They concern the origin of the universe and of life, conjectures on the mystery of God, the possibility of comprehending things beyond the realm of experience, life after death, and the meaning of ...
Aztec Thought and Culture Miguel León-Portilla Translated by Jack Emory Davis October 1, 2010 • Where is your Heart? What does your mind seek? Where is your heart? If you give your heart to each and every thing, you lead it nowhere: you destroy your heart. Can anything be found on earth? (p. 4-5) • Truly do we Live on Earth? Truly do we ...
Aztec thought and culture. : a study of the ancient Nahuatl mind. University of Oklahoma Press • Norman • Published In 1963 • Pages: xxiv, 237 , 8 plates. By: León Portilla, Miguel. This source attempts to reconstruct Aztec thought—cosmology, metaphysics, theology, history, art, human nature, and the acquisition of knowledge—as ...
Nov 28, 2012 · Aztec Thought and Culture. : Miguel Leon-Portilla. University of Oklahoma Press, Nov 28, 2012 - History - 272 pages. For at least two millennia before the advent of the Spaniards in 1519, there was a flourishing civilization in central Mexico. During that long span of time a cultural evolution took place which saw a high development of the arts ...
León-Portilla, together with Garibay, is a leader of what almost amounts to a “school” of students (now revolving around the Seminario de Cultura Náhuatl of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) who have published a number of recent studies concerned with the ideological aspects of what they call “Náhuatl culture ...
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A NEW ANALYSIS OF THE GENDER ATTRIBUTION OF THE “GREAT GODDESS” OF TEOTIHUACAN. E. Mandell. Sociology. Ancient Mesoamerica. 2015. Abstract This study explores the identification and gender attribution of the “Great Goddess” of Teotihuacan through re-examining what purportedly constitutes feminine and masculine in these…. Expand.
Books. Aztec Thought and Culture: A Study of the Ancient Nahuatl Mind. For at least two millennia before the advent of the Spaniards in 1519, there was a flourishing civilization in central Mexico. During that long span of time a cultural evolution took place which saw a high development of the arts and literature, the formulation of complex ...
