Nahuat myth and social structure / by James M. Taggart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taggart, James M., 1941- author.

Series:

Texas Pan American series.

Texas Pan American Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nahua mythology.

Nahuas--Folklore.

Nahuas.

Nahuas--Social conditions.

Indians of Mexico--Social conditions.

Indians of Mexico.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Austin, Texas : University of Texas Press, 1997.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-76179-1

OCLC:

1286806369