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Legends of the plumed serpent : biography of a Mexican god

Author: Neil Baldwin
Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, ©1998.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st ed
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Looks at the Aztec civilization of Mexico, describes the role and characteristics of their deity Quetzalcoatl, and discusses the influence of the myth of the plumed serpent.
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Baldwin, Neil, 1947-
Legends of the plumed serpent.
New York : PublicAffairs, c1998
(OCoLC)607126384
Online version:
Baldwin, Neil, 1947-
Legends of the plumed serpent.
New York : PublicAffairs, c1998
(OCoLC)610278699
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Neil Baldwin
ISBN: 1891620037 9781891620034 8401012899 9788401012891
OCLC Number: 39615224
Description: xiv, 205 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Contents: Spirit of place --
Time before time --
The Olmec --
Teotihuacán --
Tula --
Cholula and Xochicalco --
Monte Albán and Mitla --
The Maya legend --
Chichén Itzá --
The Aztec arrival --
Quetzalcóatl's many faces --
The life cycle of a myth --
First contact --
Cortés and Moctezuma --
The conquest --
Plumed serpent and the church --
Creoles --
The Indian problem --
Zapata --
Los res grandes : Diego Rivera Orozco, Siqueiros, and Tamayo --
Precious twin --
The quetzal bird.
Responsibility: Neil Baldwin.

Abstract:

Looks at the Aztec civilization of Mexico, describes the role and characteristics of their deity Quetzalcoatl, and discusses the influence of the myth of the plumed serpent.

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