Dioses y héroes del México antiguo
Ciudad de México: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, 2021. First Edition. Paperback. 175p., maps, photos, illus., facsimiles, tables, bibl., wrps. New. Item #78181
ISBN: 9786073196864
"Dioses y Héroes del México Antiguo" is a journey through the foundations of the identity of the Mesoamerican peoples: the founding myths, the divinities who created and ordered the world, the rites and the way of organizing time, and, finally, the legendary heroes. It is a journey, then, through the sacred memory of ancient Mexico .
As in the stories of other ancient civilizations, the creation of the universe in Mayan, Mixtec and Nahua myths begins with a prologue in the sky: ethereal and immortal divinities make the world and human beings from remote heights. But once this primordial mission has been fulfilled, the creator gods give way to divinities that have a more direct relationship with human needs. This is the case of two fundamental myths for pre-Hispanic Mexico : the god of corn and the feathered serpent. The first, in addition to representing the triumph of life over death, summarizes the virtues of a peasant town. The plumed serpent, on the other hand, is a symbol of fertility, but also of power and royalty.
Finally, the book traces the historical traces of some flesh-and-bone heroes: Ce Ácatl Topiltzin Quetzalcóatl , founder and ruler of Tula, and 8 Venado , a remarkable warrior who unified the entire Mixteca. This work summarizes the interest of a lifetime for pre-Hispanic Mexico. It is already a key book to understand the identity of ancient Mexico and to explain how ancestral memory changes and is renewed in the present.
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