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Nahuat Myth and Social Structure /

Taggart, James M.

Nahuat Myth and Social Structure / James M. Taggart. - 1 online resource (299 p.) - Texas Pan American Series .

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Nahuat Orthography -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. The People -- 2. The Nahuat -- 3. Huitzilan de Serdan -- 4. Santiago Yaonahuac -- Part II. A Common Cosmology -- 5. Space and Time -- 6. Nahuat and Hispanics -- Part III.Differences in Parallel Stories -- 7. Narrative Acculturation -- 8. Men Who Enter the Forest -- 9. Lightning-bolts Who Punish Sin -- 10. Adam and Eve -- 11. Men : Women : : Culture s Nature -- 12. Conclusions -- Appendix 1. Story Summaries -- Appendix 2. Profiles off Nahuat Storytellers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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First published in 1983, Nahuat Myth and Social Structure brings together an important collection of modern-day Aztec Indian folktales and vividly demonstrates how these tales have been shaped by the social structure of the communities in which they are told.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


In English.

9780292761797

10.7560/781528 doi


Indians of Mexico--Social conditions.
Nahua mythology.
Nahuas - Social conditions.
Nahuas--Folklore.
Nahuas--Social conditions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.

F1221.N3

972.014