Unif Title Soleil-dieu et le Christ. English Title The sun god and the savior : the Christianization of the Nahua and Totonac in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico / Guy Stresser-Pe⁺ѓan.

Descript 1 online resource (xxix, 627 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps Series Mesoamerican worlds Mesoamerican worlds. Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (pages 573-597) and index. Note Accompanying DVD: La fete du mai⁺s / film de Guy et Claude Stresser-Pean. Includes English and Spanish narration. Contents Converting the Indians in sixteenth-century Central Mexico to Christianity -- From spiritual conquest to parish administration in colonial Central Mexico -- A trilingual, traditionalist indigenous area in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Introduction of Christianity in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Local religious crises in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- The Tutotepec Otomi⁺ѓ Rebellion, 1766-1769 -- Contemporary traditions in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Sacred drums, Teponaztli, and idols from the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Traditional indigenous festivities in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Elements and accessories of traditional native ceremonies -- Christian festivities in the villages of the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Dances that originated in the pre-Hispanic period -- Dances that originated during the colonial period -- Holders of indigenous wisdom -- Relics of the Mesoamerican calendar in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Beliefs about the formation and the end of the world -- Cosmology : the world in the eyes of the Indians of the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- The souls of beings and things -- Supernatural beings in the beliefs and religious practices of Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- The non-syncretic religion of the last Nahuas of Central Mexico -- Religious syncretism among today's Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla. Summary This translation presents two decades of fieldwork in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico, where native pre-Hispanic pagan beliefs blended with traditional Catholic evangelization from the 16th century and the more recent intrusion of modernism. Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide Subject Nahuas -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- Religion. Nahuas -- Missions -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) Nahuas -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- Rites and ceremonies. Totonac Indians -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- Religion. Totonac Indians -- Missions -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) Totonac Indians -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- Rites and ceremonies. Christianity and culture -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) Christianity and other religions -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) Syncretism (Religion) -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) Puebla (Mexico : State) -- Religious life and customs. Puebla (Mexico : State) -- Social life and customs. RELIGION -- Education. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00859599 Christianity and culture. (OCoLC)fst00859660 Interfaith relations. (OCoLC)fst01353343 Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815 Nahuas -- Missions. (OCoLC)fst01032212 Nahuas -- Religion. (OCoLC)fst01032215 Nahuas -- Rites and ceremonies. (OCoLC)fst01032216 Syncretism (Religion) (OCoLC)fst01141119 Totonac Indians -- Missions. (OCoLC)fst01153072 Totonac Indians -- Religion. (OCoLC)fst01153073 Totonac Indians -- Rites and ceremonies. (OCoLC)fst01153074 Mexico -- Puebla (State) (OCoLC)fst01330642 Alt Author Stresser-Pe⁺ѓan, Claude. Fete du mai⁺s. Alt Title Fete du mai⁺s. ISBN 9780870819865 (electronic bk.) 0870819860 (electronic bk.) 9780870819322 (alk. paper) 0870819321 (alk. paper)