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The flowery death : the image of death in the Nahua songs of Cantares Mexicanos / Katarzyna Szoblik
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Szoblik, Katarzyna, author.
- Language:
- English
- Nahuatl
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Cantares en idioma mexicano.
- Nahuas--Funeral customs and rites.
- Nahuas.
- Nahuatl poetry--Translations into English.
- Nahuatl poetry.
- Aztecs.
- Death.
- Genre:
- poetry.
- Poetry.
- Folk literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
- black and white
- color
- illustrations
- Other Title:
- Image of death in the Nahua songs of Cantares Mexicanos
- Place of Publication:
- Denver : University Press of Colorado, [2026]
- Language Note:
- Text in English, Nahuatl, and Spanish
- Summary:
- "The Cantares Mexicanos is a collection of over 90 transcriptions of Aztec song-dances (cuicatl) performed by Indigenous people of the Basin of Mexico during pre-colonial and early colonial times on various religious and social occasions"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- The flowery death and Mesoamerican chronotopes : cosmic cycles and historical narratives
- The fall of Tollan : a source of metaphors and a model for Nahua ritual life and historical tradition
- Chosen metaphorical concepts of Cantares Mexicanos
- The log-drum song (Teponazcuicatl)
- The Huastec songs (Cuextecayotl)
- Song of doves (Cococuicatl) and song of rabbits and doves (Tochcococuicatl)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed July 21, 2026)
- Other Format:
- Print version: Szoblik, Katarzyna Flowery death
- ISBN:
- 9781646428380
- 1646428382
- OCLC:
- 1601044797
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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