Record details

• ISBN: 0804006636
• ISBN: 9780804006637
• Physical Description: x, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
• Edition: First edition.
• Publisher: Chicago : Sage Books, [1975]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-318) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The bearded white conqueror. Moctezuma and the Aztecs -- Cortés and the Spaniards -- Defeat of the Mayas -- A new perspective -- The pool of life. The Olmecs -- The Mayas -- The Zapotecs and Mixtecs -- The Toltecs of Teotihuacan -- The Toltecs of Tula -- The Aztecs -- In-flowing streams -- Life spans and world cycles -- The five suns. The universe -- The first four suns -- The myth of Atlantis -- The four glacial age s-- The fifth sun -- The myth of Quetzalcoatl -- The voyage of Venus through Hell -- Venus-Quetzalcoatl -- Cosmic catastrophism -- Images and symbols. The Mayan twins -- The pyramid -- The seven caves -- People of the sun -- Jaguar, eagle and serpent -- The gods -- The sun -- Mayan god-pots and crosses -- Time. The sacred calendar -- The calendar round -- The Zodiac--the "road of life" -- Space-time influences -- The long count -- The great cycle--its projected beginning -- The great cycle--its projected end -- The catastrophe -- The sixth world--the age of Aquarius.

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Subject:

Indians of Mexico > Religion.
Indian mythology.
Astrology.