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050		4	_aF 1219.76.R45 _bB37.2015
100	1		_aBassett, Molly H., _d1980- _eautor
245	1	4	_aThe fate of earthly things : _bAztec gods and god-bodies / _cMolly H. Bassett.
250			_aFirts edition, firts paperbackedition 2015.
264		1	_aAustin : _bUniversity of Texas Press, _c2015,
264		4	_c©2015
300			_axii, 283 páginas ; _c24 cm
336			_atexto _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_asin mediación _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolumen _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aRecovering languages and literacies of the Americas
504			_aIncluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
520			_a"Following their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly did the Aztecs mean by a "god" (teotl), and how could human beings become gods or take on godlike properties? This sophisticated, interdisciplinary study analyzes three concepts that are foundational to Aztec religion--teotl (god), teixiptla (localized embodiment of a god), and tlaquimilolli (sacred bundles containing precious objects)--to shed new light on the Aztec understanding of how spiritual beings take on form and agency in the material world. In The Fate of Earthly Things, Molly Bassett draws on ethnographic fieldwork, linguistic analyses, visual culture, and ritual studies to explore what ritual practices such as human sacrifice and the manufacture of deity embodiments (including humans who became gods), material effigies, and sacred bundles meant to the Aztecs. She analyzes the Aztec belief that wearing the flayed skin of a sacrificial victim during a sacred rite could transform a priest into an embodiment of a god or goddess, as well as how figurines and sacred bundles could become localized embodiments of gods. Without arguing for unbroken continuity between the Aztecs and modern speakers of Nahuatl, Bassett also describes contemporary rituals in which indigenous Mexicans who preserve costumbres (traditions) incorporate totiotzin (gods) made from paper into their daily lives. This research allows us to understand a religious imagination that found life in death and believed that deity embodiments became animate through the ritual binding of blood, skin, and bone"--
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction. God-Bodies, Talk-Makers: Deity Embodiments in Nahua Religions -- Chapter 1. Meeting the Gods -- Chapter 2. Ethnolinguistic Encounters: Teotl and Teixiptla in Nahuatl Scholarship -- Chapter 3. Divining the Meaning of Teotl -- Chapter 4. Gods in the Flesh: The Animation of Aztec Teixiptlahuan -- Chapter 5. Wrapped in Cloth, Clothed in Skins: Aztec Tlaquimilolli (Sacred Bundles) and Deity Embodiment -- Conclusion. Fates and Futures: Conclusions and New Directions -- Appendix A. Ixiptla Variants in Early Lexicons -- Appendix B. A List of Terms Modified by Teo- in the Florentine Codex -- Appendix C. Turquoise, Jet, and Gold -- Notes --.
650		0	_aAztecs _xReligion.
650		4	_aAztecas _xReligión
650		0	_aAztec gods.
650		4	_aDioses aztecas
650		0	_aAztecs _xRites and ceremonies.
650		4	_aAztecas _xRitos y ceremonias.
830		0	_aRecovering languages and literacies of the Americas.
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