Time and Sacrifice in the Aztec Cosmos
(Part of the Religion in North America Series)
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This introduction to the imaginative world of the Mexica (or Aztec) explores sacrifice in the richly textured life of 16th-century Mexico. Kay Almere Read describes a universe in which every object was timed by a given lifespan and in which sacrifice was the mechanism by which time functioned. This book makes a convincing case for what sacrifice meant religiously and for how it came to be that human sacrifice of staggering proportions could be...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0253334004
ISBN13:9780253334008
Release Date:July 1998
Publisher:Indiana University Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.50 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.5"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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