This is a comprehensive guide to the gods and goddesses, spirits and demons, myths and legends of Mexico and Central America. Over 200 stunning colour photographs, paintings, sculptures and artworks reveal the past in all its glory. It includes the true stories behind the tales that surround the mighty pyramids, the wonderful carvings and artefacts, its gleaming gold jewellery and precious stones of the region, and its cultures. This encyclopedic guide covers the Aztec, Maya, Olmec, Toltec, Mixtec, Totonac, and Zapotec peoples, and attempts to explain the unsolved puzzles of their universe - the birth of the Sun, the mysteries of creation and birth, the development of humankind, and the meaning of death. Throughout these legends and tales, the themes of death and sacrifice constantly resonate, and this is reflected in all the major narrative cycles from the Maya story of the descent of the Hero Twins into the Underworld to the glorious legend of Quetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent.
Lavishly illustrated throughout, with over 200 full-colour artworks, maps, drawings and photographs, this is an indispensable and very accessible reference guide to the mythology of Mexico and central America.
- ISBN10 184476236X
- ISBN13 9781844762361
- Publish Date 24 February 2006
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 26 February 2013
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Anness Publishing
- Imprint Southwater
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 128
- Language English