The rabbit on the face of the moon : mythology in the mesoamerican tradition / Alfredo L�opez-Austin ; translated by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano and Thelma Ortiz de Montellano.

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L�opez Austin, Alfredo

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publication details: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, �1996.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 157 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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0585131783
9780585131788

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299/.72 20

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F1219.3.R38 L716 1996eb

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Contents:

1. The Rabbit on the Face of the Moon -- 2. Myths and Names -- 3. Invention and Discovery in the Mythical Concept of the World -- 4. Clay -- 5. The Words of the Incantation -- 6. Myths in the Mesoamerican Religious Tradition -- 7. Sayings -- 8. An Amazing Fruit -- 9. The Miracle of the Eagle and the Cactus -- 10. The Eclipse -- 11. The Antichrist and the Suns -- 12. Tales about Opossums -- 13. The Name Tarasca -- 14. Our First Parents -- 15. The Left Hand, the Right Hand -- 16. Complements and Compositions -- 17. Synonymies -- 18. Ziryab.

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Review: "The Rabbit on the Face of the Moon is a collection of articles on mythology in the Mesoamerican tradition by Alfredo Lopez Austin, one of the foremost scholars of ancient Mesoamerican thought. Their span is diverse: myths and names, eclipses, stars, left and right, Mexica origins, Aztec incantations, animals, and the incorporation of Christian elements into the living mythologies of Mexico. The title essay relates the Mesoamerican myth explaining why there is a rabbit on the moon's face to a Buddhist image and suggests the importance of the profound mythical concepts presented by each image." "The eighteen pieces in this volume are unified by their basis in Mesoamerican tradition and provide a fascinating look into a system of millennia-old legends and beliefs."--Jacket.

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A collection of essays that originally appeared in various issued of M�exico ing�igena and Ojarascas.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.

"The Rabbit on the Face of the Moon is a collection of articles on mythology in the Mesoamerican tradition by Alfredo Lopez Austin, one of the foremost scholars of ancient Mesoamerican thought. Their span is diverse: myths and names, eclipses, stars, left and right, Mexica origins, Aztec incantations, animals, and the incorporation of Christian elements into the living mythologies of Mexico. The title essay relates the Mesoamerican myth explaining why there is a rabbit on the moon's face to a Buddhist image and suggests the importance of the profound mythical concepts presented by each image." "The eighteen pieces in this volume are unified by their basis in Mesoamerican tradition and provide a fascinating look into a system of millennia-old legends and beliefs."--Jacket.

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