The myth of Quetzalcoatl
"In this comprehensive study, Enrique Florescano traces the spread of the worship of the Plumed Serpent, and the multiplicity of interpretations that surround him, by comparing the Palenque inscriptions (ca. A.D. 690), the Vienna Codex (pre-Hispanic Conquest), the Historia de los Mexicanos (1531), the Popul Vuh (ca. 1554), and numerous other texts. He also consults and reproduces archeological evidence from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, demonstrating how the myth of Quetzalcoatl extends throughout Mesoamerica."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 1999
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1999
xii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780801859991, 9780801871016, 0801859999, 0801871018
39313429
1. The Diverse Manifestations of the Divinity
2. Ce Acatl Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Hero of Civilization
3. Interpretations
4. Toward a New Interpretation of the Myth of Quetzalcoatl
5. The Children of the Mother Goddess: Dumuzi, Tammuz, Osiris, Adonis, Persephone, and Quetzalcoatl
Translation of: El mito de Quetzalcóatl
Translation of: El mito de Quetzalcóatl