The rabbit on the face of the moon : mythology in the mesoamerican tradition / Alfredo López-Austin ; translated by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano and Thelma Ortiz de Montellano.

"The Rabbit on the Face of the Moon is a collection of articles on mythology in the Mesoamerican tradition by Alfredo Lopez Austin, one of the foremost scholars of ancient Mesoamerican thought. Their span is diverse: myths and names, eclipses, stars, left and right, Mexica origins, Aztec incantation...

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Main Author: López Austin, Alfredo
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Spanish
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [1996], ©1996.
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Physical Description:xvii, 157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 1. The Rabbit on the Face of the Moon
  • 2. Myths and Names
  • 3. Invention and Discovery in the Mythical Concept of the World
  • 4. Clay
  • 5. The Words of the Incantation
  • 6. Myths in the Mesoamerican Religious Tradition
  • 7. Sayings
  • 8. An Amazing Fruit
  • 9. The Miracle of the Eagle and the Cactus
  • 10. The Eclipse
  • 11. The Antichrist and the Suns
  • 12. Tales about Opossums
  • 13. The Name Tarasca
  • 14. Our First Parents
  • 15. The Left Hand, the Right Hand
  • 16. Complements and Compositions
  • 17. Synonymies
  • 18. Ziryab.