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- catalog abstract ""Now available for the first time in English, Guilhem Olivier's Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God is a study of Tezcatlipoca, one of the greatest but least understood deities in the Mesoamerican pantheon. An enigmatic and melodramatic figure, "the Lord of the Smoking Mirror" was both drunken seducer and mutilated transgressor and, although he severely punished those who violated pre-Columbian moral codes, he also received mortal confessions. A patron deity to kings and warriors as well as a protector of slaves, Tezcatlipoca often clashed in epic confrontation with his "enemy brother" Quetzalcoatl, the famed "Feathered Serpent." Yet these powers of Mesoamerican mythology collaborated to create the world, and their common attributes hint toward a dual character." "In a sophisticated and systematic tour through the sources and problems related to Tezcatlipoca's protein powers and shifting meanings, Olivier guides the reader skillfully through the symbolic names of this great god, from his representation on skins and stones to his relationship to ritual knives and other related deities. Drawing upon iconographic material, chronicles written in both Spanish and the native Nahuatl, and the rich contributions of ethnography, Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God - like the mirror of Tezcatlipoca in which the fates of mortals were reflected - reveals an important but obscured portion of the cosmology of pre-Columbian Mexico."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Moqueries et métamorphoses d'un dieu aztèque. English".
- catalog contributor b13106933.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description ""Now available for the first time in English, Guilhem Olivier's Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God is a study of Tezcatlipoca, one of the greatest but least understood deities in the Mesoamerican pantheon. An enigmatic and melodramatic figure, "the Lord of the Smoking Mirror" was both drunken seducer and mutilated transgressor and, although he severely punished those who violated pre-Columbian moral codes, he also received mortal confessions. A patron deity to kings and warriors as well as a protector of slaves, Tezcatlipoca often clashed in epic confrontation with his "enemy brother" Quetzalcoatl, the famed "Feathered Serpent." Yet these powers of Mesoamerican mythology collaborated to create the world, and their common attributes hint toward a dual character." "In a sophisticated and systematic tour through the sources and problems related to Tezcatlipoca's protein powers and shifting meanings, Olivier guides the reader skillfully through the symbolic names of this great god, from his representation on skins and stones to his relationship to ritual knives and other related deities. Drawing upon iconographic material, chronicles written in both Spanish and the native Nahuatl, and the rich contributions of ethnography, Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God - like the mirror of Tezcatlipoca in which the fates of mortals were reflected - reveals an important but obscured portion of the cosmology of pre-Columbian Mexico."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-386) and index.".
- catalog description "The names of Tezcatlipoca -- The representations of Tezcatlipoca -- The origins of Tezcatlipoca : between the jaguar and obsidian -- Tezcatlipoca and the fall of Tollan -- The cult of Tezcatlipoca : his temples and priests -- The cult of Tezcatlipoca : the feast of Toxcatl -- The torn foot and the smoking mirror : two symbols of Tezcatlipoca.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 403 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Mockeries and metamorphoses of an Aztec god.".
- catalog identifier "0870817450 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mockeries and metamorphoses of an Aztec god.".
- catalog isPartOf "Mesoamerican worlds".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng fre".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder : University Press of Colorado,".
- catalog relation "Mockeries and metamorphoses of an Aztec god.".
- catalog subject "299/.73 21".
- catalog subject "Aztec mythology.".
- catalog subject "Aztecs Religion.".
- catalog subject "F1219.76.R45 O55 2003".
- catalog subject "Tezcatlipoca (Aztec deity)".
- catalog tableOfContents "The names of Tezcatlipoca -- The representations of Tezcatlipoca -- The origins of Tezcatlipoca : between the jaguar and obsidian -- Tezcatlipoca and the fall of Tollan -- The cult of Tezcatlipoca : his temples and priests -- The cult of Tezcatlipoca : the feast of Toxcatl -- The torn foot and the smoking mirror : two symbols of Tezcatlipoca.".
- catalog title "Mockeries and metamorphoses of an Aztec god : Tezcatlipoca, "lord of the smoking mirror" / by Guilhem Olivier ; translated by Michel Besson.".
- catalog title "Moqueries et métamorphoses d'un dieu aztèque. English".
- catalog type "text".