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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: 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 |
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| 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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