Burning water :
thought and religion in ancient Mexico /
Laurette Séjourné.

Description

Main Author

Séjourné, Laurette

Language(s)

English

Published

New York : Grove Press, 1960.

Edition

First Evergreen edition.

Subjects

Quetzalcoatl > Quetzalcoatl / (Mesoamerican deity)
Quetzalcoatl > Quetzalcoatl / (Mesoamerican deity)
Aztecs > Aztecs / Religion.
Indigenous peoples > Indigenous peoples / Mexico > Indigenous peoples / Mexico / Religion.
Indians of Mexico > Indians of Mexico / Rites and ceremonies.
Aztecs.
Indians of Mexico > Indians of Mexico / Religion.
Aztecs > Aztecs / Religion.
Quetzalcóatl (Divinité aztèque)
Aztèques > Aztèques / Religion.
Indiens d'Amérique > Indiens d'Amérique / Mexique > Indiens d'Amérique / Mexique / Religion.
Aztecs > Aztecs / Religion.
Indians of Mexico > Indians of Mexico / Religion.
Mexico > Mexico / History > Mexico / History / To 1519.

Summary

This vivid reconstruction of the religious and ethical edifice of pre-Columbian culture makes the great ruined cities of Mexico come alive again with the gods and myths of a people and civilization long extinct. The author relates the startling findings of her excavations at Teotihuacan, once a great metropolis of an ancient empire that gave its gods and its theology to the conquering Aztecs.

Note

"Evergreen book ; E-241."

Physical Description

xiii, 192 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

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