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- catalog abstract "Published in 1990 under the title Los mitos del tlacuache, this is the first major theoretical study of Mesoamerican mythology by one of the foremost scholars of Aztec ideology. Using the myth cycle of the opossum and the theft of fire from the gods as a touchstone, the author constructs a definition of myth that pertains to all of Mesoamerican culture, challenging the notion that to be relevant such studies must occur within a specific culture. Shown here is that much of modern mythology has ancient roots, despite syncretism with Christianity, and can be used to elucidate the pre-Columbian world view. Analysis of pre-Columbian myths can also be used to understand current indigenous myths. Subtopics include the hero and his place in the Mesoamerican pantheon, divine space and human space, mythic event clusters, myth as truth, and the fusion of myth and history.".
- catalog alternative "Mitos del tlacuache. English".
- catalog contributor b4115800.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [381]-412) and index.".
- catalog description "Published in 1990 under the title Los mitos del tlacuache, this is the first major theoretical study of Mesoamerican mythology by one of the foremost scholars of Aztec ideology. Using the myth cycle of the opossum and the theft of fire from the gods as a touchstone, the author constructs a definition of myth that pertains to all of Mesoamerican culture, challenging the notion that to be relevant such studies must occur within a specific culture. Shown here is that much of modern mythology has ancient roots, despite syncretism with Christianity, and can be used to elucidate the pre-Columbian world view. Analysis of pre-Columbian myths can also be used to understand current indigenous myths. Subtopics include the hero and his place in the Mesoamerican pantheon, divine space and human space, mythic event clusters, myth as truth, and the fusion of myth and history.".
- catalog description "The comings and goings of a marsupial -- Home of the gods -- The point of departure -- The other time -- The other space -- The passage -- How do you measure a myth? -- Beliefs and narrations -- To think that way -- The nature of the gods I -- The nature of the gods II -- The nature of the gods III -- Order -- Classifications -- The gods acquire history -- Telling the tale -- Invention -- Character I -- Character II -- Subjects worthy of being related -- Stories worthy of being believed -- The functions of myth -- How it turns out that myth is true -- Myth in the time of history -- History in the time of myth -- Putting the tale together -- Reading the myth -- Ye Ixquich.".
- catalog extent "xi, 421 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Myths of the opossum.".
- catalog identifier "0826313949".
- catalog isFormatOf "Myths of the opossum.".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng spa".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press,".
- catalog relation "Myths of the opossum.".
- catalog spatial "Central America.".
- catalog spatial "Mexico.".
- catalog subject "299/.72 20".
- catalog subject "F1219.3.R38 L713 1993".
- catalog subject "Indian mythology Central America.".
- catalog subject "Indian mythology Mexico.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Central America Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Central America Religion.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Mexico Folklore.".
- catalog subject "Indians of Mexico Religion.".
- catalog subject "Opossums Folklore.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The comings and goings of a marsupial -- Home of the gods -- The point of departure -- The other time -- The other space -- The passage -- How do you measure a myth? -- Beliefs and narrations -- To think that way -- The nature of the gods I -- The nature of the gods II -- The nature of the gods III -- Order -- Classifications -- The gods acquire history -- Telling the tale -- Invention -- Character I -- Character II -- Subjects worthy of being related -- Stories worthy of being believed -- The functions of myth -- How it turns out that myth is true -- Myth in the time of history -- History in the time of myth -- Putting the tale together -- Reading the myth -- Ye Ixquich.".
- catalog title "Mitos del tlacuache. English".
- catalog title "The myths of the opossum : pathways of Mesoamerican mythology / Alfredo López Austin ; translated by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano, Thelma Ortiz de Montellano.".
- catalog type "Folklore. fast".
- catalog type "text".