Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God: Tezcatlipoca, Lord of the Smoking Mirror
(Part of the Mesoamerican Worlds Series)
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Guilhem Olivier's Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God is a masterful study of Tezcatlipoca, one of the greatest but least understood deities in the Mesoamerican pantheon. An enigmatic and melodramatic figure, the Lord of the Smoking Mirror was both drunken seducer and mutilated transgressor and although he severely punished those who violated pre-Columbian moral codes, he also received mortal confessions. A patron deity to kings...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0870819070
ISBN13:9780870819070
Release Date:July 2008
Publisher:University Press of Colorado
Length:420 Pages
Weight:2.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 8.1" x 10.0"
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