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A Scattering of Jades
Long before Europeans came to America, the Aztecs created a unique culture based on myth and a love of language. Myths and poems were an important part of their culture, and a successful speech by a royal orator was pronounced "a great scattering of jades." A Scattering of Jades is an anthology of the best of Aztec literature, compiled by a noted anthropologist and a skilled translator of Nahuatl. It is a storehouse of myths, narratives, poems, and proverbs—as well as prayers and songs to the Aztec gods that provide insight into how these people's perception of the cosmos drove their military machine. Featuring a translation of the Mexicayotl—a work as important today for Mexico's concept of nationhood and ideology as it was at the time of the Conquest—these selections eloquently depict the everyday life of this ancient people and their unique worldview. A Scattering of Jades is an unsurpassed window on ancient Mesoamerican civilization and an essential companion for anyone studying Aztec history, religion, or culture.
A War of Witches
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A War Of Witches
This book presents a tale with a complete, concise, compelling narrative that conveys some of the essence of the discovery, adventure, and learning of twenty years of field work of the author about the ancient religion of the Aztecs in Mexico. .
Primeros Memoriales
Primeros Memoriales is here published for the first time in its entirety both in the original Nahuatl and in English translation. The volume follows the manuscript order reconstructed for the Primeros Memoriales by Francisco del Paso y Troncoso in his 1905-1907 facsimile edition of the collection of Sahaguntine manuscripts he called Codices Matritenses. During the 1960s, Thelma D. Sullivan, a Nahuatl scholar living in Mexico, began a paleographic transcription of the Primeros Memoriales, along with an English translation. After Sullivan's death in 1981, a group of her colleagues finished, enlarged, and annotated her project. This long-awaited publication makes available to specialists and interested laypersons alike an invaluable portion of the remarkable Sahaguntine treasure of information on sixteenth-century Aztec society.
A Book of Uncommon Prayer
A Book of Uncommon Prayer is a collection of spiritual and devotional texts, drawn from both inside and outside the limits of the world's religious traditions. Intended for believers and non-believers alike, it is organized with attention to the occasions of prayer, prayerful thought, and meditation. ABook of Uncommon Prayer is built around the idea that in an age markedat once by religious violence and the falling away of orthodoxreligious observance in the wealthy countries of the West, genuinespiritual curiosity is on the rise, and may be fed by a book thatrecognizes - and demonstrates - the universality of prayer.
Craft Horizons
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Dumbarton Oaks
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Thelma D. Sullivan's Compendium of Nahuatl Grammar
Annotation. Translated from the 1976 work in Spanish, partially revised by the author (whose work was cut short by her death in 1981); revisions were completed by the translator and editors. An analysis of the structure and elements of this Aztec language. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
The Norton Anthology of World Literature
A collection of poetry, prose, drama, and fiction written from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century by various writers from around the world.
