Two mysterious misty places existed in the world vision of the Aztecs-Tamoanchan and Tlalocan. Though they are considered important cosmological places; references to them in Aztec mythology are obscure. Myths about Tamoanchan describe it as the place where all beings in the world originated. Tlalocan; it was said; was a terrestrial paradise located inside a perpetually green and beautiful mountain that was the destination of humans who died by drowning; lightning; or disease. Historians have attempted to understand and clarify the significance of these two places since the sixteenth century. Today; most students of Aztec religion try to locate them in the cosmic scheme in order to better understand Mesoamerican religious thought; but the written sources on these two places are difficult to understand. In Tamoanchan; Tlalocan; Alfredo Lopez Austin presents new interpretations of Aztec mythology based on written historical sources; iconographic sources; and the beliefs of modern Indians.
#916365 in Books US Naval Institute Press 2000-09Ingredients: Example IngredientsOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 .93 x 8.14 x 10.98l; #File Name: 0870216538288 pages
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