by Karl Taube · Ediciones Akal · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788446006114
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This book explores the myths of the ancient Aztecs and Mayans, which come from a cultural tradition common to all of Mesoamerica and which still survives in the popular knowledge of Mexico and Central America. Mayan myths about creation and the flood have survived in pre-Hispanic writing and art. The Aztec empire arose only two centuries before the Spanish conquest, and knowledge about its mythology comes from the first colonial documents of the 16th century. The decipherment of Mayan hieroglyphic writing and the interpretation of the codices have shed new light on Mesoamerican mythology. The author narrates important stories, from the origins of life to the defeat of the gods of death, and shows how mythology provided the Aztec state with a cosmic justification for its expansion and political domination.
