The fate of earthly things: Aztec gods and god-bodies

"Following their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly did the Aztecs mean by a "god" (teotl), and how could human beings become gods or take on godlike properties? This sophisticated, interdisciplinary study analyzes th...

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Main Author: Bassett, Molly H. 1980- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Austin, TX University of Texas Press [2015]
In:Year: 2015
Series/Journal:Recovering languages and literacies of the Americas
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Aztecs / Gods / Divinity
B Aztecs / Religion / Ritual / Divinity / Deification / Material popular culture
Further subjects:B Archaeology / SOCIAL SCIENCE
B Aztecs Relgion
B RELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal
B Aztecs Religion
B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
B Aztec gods
B Aztecs Rites and ceremonies
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