Description
This volume presents ancient Mexican myths and sacred hymns, lyric poetry, rituals, drama, and various forms of prose, accompanied by informed criticism and comment. The selections come from the Aztecs, the Mayas, the Mixtecs and Zapotecs of Oaxaca, the Tarascans of Michoacan, the Otomís of central Mexico, and others. They have come down to us from inscriptions on stone, the codices, and accounts written, after the coming of Europeans, of oral traditions.
It is Miguel León-Portilla's intention to bring to contemporary readers an understanding of the marvelous world of symbolism which is the very substance of these early literatures. That he has succeeded is obvious to every reader.
Author: Miguel León-Portilla
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 05/15/1986
Pages: 212
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 7.65h x 5.33w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780806119748
ISBN10: 0806119748
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Indigenous Peoples in the Americas