2a.

Culver City, CA, Estados Unidos : Labyrinthos, c1996

430 p. : il. ; 28 cm.

collected works in Mesoamerican linguistics and archeology ; v.5

Contents: Foreword : Caecilie Seler-Sachs ...p.vii.-- the antiquities of Canton Tuxtla in the State of Veracruz : plates I-VII ...p.ix.-- Myths and religions of the ancient Mexicans : The world view of the Ancient Mexicans : Figures 1-18 ...p.3.-- Creation of the World and of Humans, and the Birth of the Sun and Moon : figures 19-32 ...p.24.-- The first humans and the world of the stars : figures 33-74 ...p.39.-- The principal myth of the Mexican tribes and the culture heroes of tollan : figures 74-126 ..p.59.-- Uitzilopochtli, the talking hummingbird : figures 127-133 ...p.93 .-- Short articles and lectures : On the Toltec Question ...p.103.-- The end of the Toltec period ...p.109.-- Afterword by Dr. Walter Lehmann ...p.112.--Scenic pictures on Old Mexican Mosaics : figures 1-20 ...p.116.-- Totemism in Middle America ...p.130.-- Notes on Mexico, its ihnabitants and its and its discovery : The country of Mexico ...p.135.-- The native peoples of Mexico ...p.141.-- The old and New worlds and their Connections with Each other ...p.151 .-- Considering the Isla de Sacrificios ...p.157.-- Entrance of the Spniards into the Capital of Motecuhcoma : figures 1-4 ...p.159 .-- The animal pictures of the Mexican and maya manuscripts : introduction : mammals: The monkey, The bat, the jaguar and the puma, the dog, the coyote and the fox, the cuetlachtli, other beasts of prey, the opossum, the auitzotl, the rabbit and the hare, other rodents, the armadillo, the navel boar and the musk boar, the alleged elephant pictures, the deer, the lightning animal with hoofs..p.167-221; Birds, the parrot and macaw, the quetzal bird, a blue or green quetzal-like bird, the red-crested woodspecker, the hummingbird, the raven and other sparrow-like birds, the eagle, sparrow hawks, falcons, and other diurnal birds of prey, the vulture, owls, the moan bird, the turkey cock, yax cocah mut, the quail, the grouse and the pheasant, the dove, the heron and the sponbill, aquatic birds ..p.222-272; Reptiles and amphibians, the crocodile, the turtle, the lizard, serpents, frogs and toads, fish, ..p.273-312; insects and other lowe animals, the butterfly, other winged insects, spiders, scolpendras, and scorpions, wingles insects, larvae, and worms, crabs and other crustaceous animals..p.313-337 .--

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Charles P. Bowditch supervisor de traducción. Frank E. Comparato editor general.