Author : John Mini
Publisher : Trans-Hyperborean Institute
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Aztecs
ISBN : 0965782506
The Aztec Virgin
John Mini
The Aztec Virgin
The Aztec Virgin Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of The Aztec Virgin book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
The Virgin's Children
William Madsen
Author : William Madsen
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781477301302
The Virgin's Children by William Madsen Pdf
An absorbing account of the descendants of the ancient Aztecs and of the survival of their culture into the twentieth century in the Valley of Mexico is presented in this fascinating volume. Focusing on San Francisco Tecospa—a village of some eight hundred Indians who still spoke Nahuatl, whose lives were dominated by supernaturalism, and who observed with only slight modification much of their Aztec heritage—this story bears out the anthropological principle that innovations are most likely to be accepted when they are useful, communicable, and compatible with established tradition. Nowhere is the Indian genius for combining the old and the new better exemplified than in the story of how the Virgin of Guadalupe came to fulfill the role formerly played by the pagan goddess Tonantzin and of how Christian saints replaced the Aztec gods. At the time of this study, the Tecospans still called the Catholic Virgin Tonantzin, but their concept of the mother goddess had changed profoundly since Aztec times. Tonantzin the Pagan, a hideous goddess with claws on her hands and feet and with snakes entwining her face, wore a necklace of hearts, hands, and skulls to represent her insatiable appetite for corpses. Tonantzin the Catholic—also called Guadalupe—is a beautiful and benevolent mother deity who repeatedly stays God’s anger against her Mexican children and answers the prayers of the poorest Indian, with no thought of return. In Tecospa the road to social recognition lay in the performance of religious works, and the neglect of ritual obligation subjected both the individual and the community to the anger of supernaturals who punished with illness or other misfortune. Religion was inextricably a part of every phase of life, and it is the whole life of the Aztecan that is recorded here: fiesta, clothing, food, agricultural practices, courtship, marriage, pregnancy and childbirth, death, witchcraft and its cures, medical practices and attitudes, houses and home life, ethics, and the hot-cold complex that classifies everything in the Tecospan universe from God to Bromo-Seltzer. With a marked simplicity of style and language William Madsen has produced a profoundly significant anthropological study that is delightful reading from the first sentence to the last. The drawings, the work of a ten-year-old Tecospan lad, are remarkable for their penetrating insight into the culture.
Feminine Conquest
Zukame
Author : Zukame
Publisher : Zukame
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Feminine Conquest by Zukame Pdf
Conquests are men's business, yet in the Conquest of Mexico there is a woman at its center. Five centuries after the Spaniards' arrival to Mexico, most of its people still believe the Spanish conquistadors conquered the Aztec Empire. British Boudicca and French Joan of Arc fought against foreign invaders; but in Mexico, a Native woman―Malintzin, fought on the side of the foreign conquerors. This anomalous phenomenon has been grossly overlooked by historians, who have allowed Hernán Cortés to steal the show while omitting the credits to Malintzin who directed it. In his first book, Zukame explores one of the greatest omissions in the study of this historical event―the immense contribution of Mesoamerican women in the overthrow of the Aztec Empire and subsequent imposition of Spanish rule. In this book, the author relies on scientific studies as well as on his personal observations of the living conditions in Mexico today. More than just a history book, Feminine Conquest, offers the reader a distinct manner of observing not just historical events but the very nature of reality.
Day of Destiny
John Mini
Author : John Mini
Publisher : Trans-Hyperborean Institute
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0965782581
Day of Destiny by John Mini Pdf
The living tradition of the Aztecs is revealed to you as you read Day of Destiny. This book focuses on a date the Aztecs believed to be an important date in history: August 13, 1999. Like making a goal or a resolution, the Aztecs chose points in time where beneficent energies converged. We can use this time period as a focal point for individual and global transformation and healing.Day of Destiny takes you on a journey through the Aztec Sun Calendar. This mysterious and beautiful symbol, from the living tradition of the Aztecs, shows you how to create wholeness and connection in your life with the world around you. Day of Destiny is a powerful initiation that will open your heart to living creatively and abundantly in your life.
The Virgin of Guadalupe
Anonim
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781423624714
The Virgin of Guadalupe by Anonim Pdf
This book celebrates one of the most beloved world icons through art and prose. This is a brilliant art book that celebrates a popular cultural icon, a venerable symbol of compassion, hope, and humility and one of the most popular pieces of ancient art ever created.
Handbook to Life in the Aztec World
Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
Author : Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195330830
Handbook to Life in the Aztec World by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno Pdf
Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Carl Anderson,Eduardo Chavez
Author : Carl Anderson,Eduardo Chavez
Publisher : Image
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781524760236
Our Lady of Guadalupe by Carl Anderson,Eduardo Chavez Pdf
Nearly a decade after Spain's conquest of Mexico, the future of Christianity on the American continent was very much in doubt. Confronted with a hostile colonial government and Native Americans wary of conversion, the newly-appointed bishop-elect of Mexico wrote to tell the King of Spain that, unless there was a miracle, the continent would be lost. Between December 9 and December 12, 1531, that miracle happened, and it forever changed the future of the continent. It was then that the Virgin Mary famously appeared to a Native American Christian convert on a hilltop outside of what is now Mexico City. The image she left imprinted on his cloak or tilma has puzzled scientists for centuries, and yet Our Lady of Gudalupe’s place in history is profound. A continent that just months before the apparitions seemed completely lost to Christianity suddenly and inexplicably embraced it by the millions. Our Lady of Guadalupe's message of love replaced the institutionalized violence of the Aztec culture, and built a bridge between two worlds — the old and the new — that were just ten years earlier engaged in brutal warfare. Today, Our Lady of Guadalupe continues to inspire the devotion of millions. From Canada to Argentina — and even beyond the Americas — one finds great devotion to her, and great appreciation for her message of love, unity and hope. Today reproductions of the Virgin’s miraculous image can be seen throughout North and South America, in churches and homes, on billboards and even clothing apparel. Her shrine in Mexico City, where the miraculous image is housed to this day, is one of the most visited in the world. In Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love, Anderson & Chavez trace the history of Our Lady of Guadalupe from the sixteenth century to the present discuss of how her message was and continues to be an important catalyst for religious and cultural transformation. Looking at Our Lady of Guadalupe as a model of the Church and Juan Diego as a model for all Christians who seek to answer Christ's call of conversion and witness, the authors explore the changing face of the Catholic Church in North, Central, and South America, and they show how Our Lady of Guadalupe's message was not only historically significant, but how it speaks to contemporary issues confronting the American continents and people today.
The Virgin's Children
William Madsen
Author : William Madsen
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1960-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292741348
The Virgin's Children by William Madsen Pdf
An absorbing account of the descendants of the ancient Aztecs and of the survival of their culture into the twentieth century in the Valley of Mexico is presented in this fascinating volume. Focusing on San Francisco Tecospa—a village of some eight hundred Indians who still spoke Nahuatl, whose lives were dominated by supernaturalism, and who observed with only slight modification much of their Aztec heritage—this story bears out the anthropological principle that innovations are most likely to be accepted when they are useful, communicable, and compatible with established tradition. Nowhere is the Indian genius for combining the old and the new better exemplified than in the story of how the Virgin of Guadalupe came to fulfill the role formerly played by the pagan goddess Tonantzin and of how Christian saints replaced the Aztec gods. At the time of this study, the Tecospans still called the Catholic Virgin Tonantzin, but their concept of the mother goddess had changed profoundly since Aztec times. Tonantzin the Pagan, a hideous goddess with claws on her hands and feet and with snakes entwining her face, wore a necklace of hearts, hands, and skulls to represent her insatiable appetite for corpses. Tonantzin the Catholic—also called Guadalupe—is a beautiful and benevolent mother deity who repeatedly stays God’s anger against her Mexican children and answers the prayers of the poorest Indian, with no thought of return. In Tecospa the road to social recognition lay in the performance of religious works, and the neglect of ritual obligation subjected both the individual and the community to the anger of supernaturals who punished with illness or other misfortune. Religion was inextricably a part of every phase of life, and it is the whole life of the Aztecan that is recorded here: fiesta, clothing, food, agricultural practices, courtship, marriage, pregnancy and childbirth, death, witchcraft and its cures, medical practices and attitudes, houses and home life, ethics, and the hot-cold complex that classifies everything in the Tecospan universe from God to Bromo-Seltzer. With a marked simplicity of style and language William Madsen has produced a profoundly significant anthropological study that is delightful reading from the first sentence to the last. The drawings, the work of a ten-year-old Tecospan lad, are remarkable for their penetrating insight into the culture.
The Aztec Kings
Susan D. Gillespie
Author : Susan D. Gillespie
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816534784
The Aztec Kings by Susan D. Gillespie Pdf
Winner of the Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin Book Award from the American Society for Ethnohistory, The Aztec Kings is the first major study to take into account the Aztec cyclical conception of time and treat indigenous historical traditions as symbolic statements in narrative form. Susan D. Gillespie focuses on the dynastic history of the Mexica of Tenochtitlan. By demonstrating that most of Aztec history is nonliteral, she sheds new light on Aztec culture and on the function of history in society. By relating the cyclical structure of Aztec dynastic history to similar traditions of African and Polynesian peoples, she introduces a broader perspective on the function of history in society and on how and why history must change.
The Dark Virgin
Oakland Ross
Author : Oakland Ross
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443403641
The Dark Virgin by Oakland Ross Pdf
In sixteenth-century Mexico, Pitoque is a reluctant spy for the Aztec ruler Montezuma, who is desperate to discover the truth about reports of strange, tall, odorous beings. Are these creatures the envoys of the man-god Quetzalcóatl? Pitoque can’t be sure—nor does he suspect how the arrival of Hernando Cortés, Spanish conquistador, will change the course of his country’s history forever.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Francisco Serrano
Author : Francisco Serrano
Publisher : Libros Tigrillo
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Guadalupe, Our Lady of
ISBN : 0888993358
Our Lady of Guadalupe by Francisco Serrano Pdf
Pop-ups, pull tabs, and other moveable features illustrate scenes from the story of Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Lying Beneath the Virgin
C. W. Wilson
Author : C. W. Wilson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462030019
Lying Beneath the Virgin by C. W. Wilson Pdf
WARNING: CONTENT MAY BE DAMAGING TO RELIGIOUS BELIEFS In 1995, C.W. Wilsons life was changed forever when he discovered satanic iconography veiled in the Catholic Churchs venerated Our Lady of Guadalupe. He shares this insight in a new novel inspired by actual events. The leaders of the most powerful religion in the world are not who they claim to be... And they have a secret. In the shadowed underworld of the illegal narcotics trade, Kentucky, a seemingly normal young man of questionable morals and principals, unwittingly discovers a blasphemous subliminal image in one of the worlds most beloved icons, and his search for answers uncovers a deception so malevolent it could destroy the very foundation of Christianity. In a world void of physical and mental limitations, Kentucky struggles to come to grips with Christianitys darkest and most closely guarded secret. Will the promise of an eternal life in heaven still hold sway once the world discovers death is merely an option?
The Wonder of Guadalupe
Francis Johnston
Author : Francis Johnston
Publisher : TAN Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781618901637
The Wonder of Guadalupe by Francis Johnston Pdf
This relatively short book is widely regarded as the best on the apparition of Our Lady in 1531 in Mexico City. Tells the complete story, from the Conquest of Mexico and the conversion of the Aztecs, through the development of the devotion and into the modern era. Shows that the picture is not a painting, but more like a photograph, and how under normal circumstances it should have disintegrated in 20 or 30 years. Describes several miracles that saved it and the remarkable power of the devotion. An enthralling story and an essential devotion.
The Virgin of Guadalupe
John Annerino
Author : John Annerino
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781423624721
The Virgin of Guadalupe by John Annerino Pdf
The Virgin of Guadalupe is a brilliant art book that celebrates a popular cultural icon, a venerable symbol of compassion, hope, and humility—and one of the most popular pieces of ancient art ever created. Featuring color photographs, bilingual English and Spanish captions, and an evocative essay, the book includes lyrical quotes from Aztec legends, miraculous apparitions, storied histories, and colorful folklore.
The Image of Guadalupe
Jody Brant Smith
Author : Jody Brant Smith
Publisher : Mercer University Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Guadalupe, Our Lady of
ISBN : 0865544212
The Image of Guadalupe by Jody Brant Smith Pdf
The world-renowned Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe has mystified and evoked the adoration of millions since its first appearance in Mexico City in 1531. The origin of the Image has baffled believer and skeptic alike. In his unparallelled examination of the Guadalupe mystery, Professor Jody Brant Smith, equally sensitive to the demands of objectivity and reverence, diligently applies current techniques of scientific and historical scrutiny like that used in investigating the Shroud of Turin to determine if the Image is attributable to myth or miracle. Here he continues his discussion of the enigmatic origin and history of the Image and offers new insight from his career-long exploration of the Guadalupan mystery.
