Tezcatlipoca: trickster and supreme deity

by Baquedano, Elizabeth

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Title Statements

Full title :Tezcatlipoca : trickster and supreme deity / edited by Elizabeth Baquedano.

Summary

"Tezcatlipoca: Trickster and Supreme Deity brings archaeological evidence into the body of scholarship on "the lord of the smoking mirror," one of the most important Aztec deities. While iconographic and textual resources from sixteenth-century chroniclers and codices have contributed greatly to the understanding of Aztec religious beliefs and practices, contributors to this volume demonstrate the diverse ways material evidence expands on these traditional sources.The interlocking complexities of Tezcatlipoca's nature, multiple roles, and metaphorical attributes illustrate the extent to which his influence penetrated Aztec belief and social action across all levels of late Postclassic central Mexican culture. Tezcatlipoca examines the results of archaeological investigations--objects like obsidian mirrors, gold, bells, public stone monuments, and even a mosaic skull--and reveals new insights into the supreme deity of the Aztec pantheon and his role in Aztec culture"

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University Press of Colorado
Place of Publication:Boulder, Colorado
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014.

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Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1607322889, 9781607322887, 1607322870, 9781607322870
oclc:on1097162643
LC Classification:F1219.75.R45
Dewey Decimal:299.7138

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Symbolizing Tezcatlipoca""; ""1. The Archaeology of Tezcatlipoca""; ""2. Iconographic Characteristics of Tezcatlipoca in the Representations of Central Mexico""; ""3. Enemy Brothers or Divine Twins?""; ""4. Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli""; ""5. Tezcatlipoca as a Warrior""; ""6. Gender Ambiguity and the Toxcatl Sacrifice""; ""7. The Maya Lord of the Smoking Mirror""; ""References""; ""Index""