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Los mitos del tlacuache. Caminos de la mitología mesoamericana
Los mitos del tlacuache, es un recorrido por la milenaria tradición religiosa mesoamericana. El pretexto, perseguir en sus aventuras míticas a un simpático personaje, viejo, sabio, ladrón, borracho y apestoso, que se apodera del fuego divino para traerlo a los hombres. El fin, entender cómo viejas creencias y narraciones viajan y se transforman desde la antigüedad mesoamericana hasta nuestros días, remontando el duro golpe de la conquista española y viviendo bajo las condiciones de una colonización que no ha concluido.
Los relatos sobre el origen del Sol y de la Luna, el diluvio, la implantación de los árboles cósmicos, la sucesión de las épocas de lluvias y secas, el nacimiento de los pueblos, el encuentro de los dioses en Tamoanchan, el orden calendárico, la separación del cielo y la tierra, y muchas narraciones más en las que participan dioses del pasado y del presente sirven para buscar en este ensayo las formas en que se producen las persistencias y las transformaciones de una rica tradición indígena.
La propuesta es una concepción histórica del mito que permite comparar el pensamiento religioso mesoamericano con el de las religiones coloniales de México y Centroamérica. Y es también, no puede dejarse a un lado, la explicación de cómo y por qué el tlacuache tuvo que viajar al mundo de los dioses para beneficio de los mortales.
- GenresMythology
514 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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November 26, 2020
Muy denso de verdad.
Es bastante interesante y aquellos interesados en la historia, el mito mesoamericano y el mito en sí, cuestiones de categorías semánticas,cosmovisiones y formas de explicar y ver la realidad, etc, disfrutaran el libro estoy segura.
Es bastante interesante y aquellos interesados en la historia, el mito mesoamericano y el mito en sí, cuestiones de categorías semánticas,cosmovisiones y formas de explicar y ver la realidad, etc, disfrutaran el libro estoy segura.
March 8, 2021
Excelente lectura para poder comprender la complejidad de las sociedades prehispánicas en función de sus mitos. Es altamente especializado y por lo puede costar trabajo a la mayoría. Pero si eres amante de estos temas será de mucha utilidad para entenderlos mejor.
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September 18, 20172017-05 – The Myths of the Opossum: Pathways of Mesoamerican Mythology. Alfredo Lopez Austin (Author) 1993. 421 Pages
This is the fourth book in my first directed yearlong study of Nahua thought and belief. This book is an exploration of myth. Its origins in human history, its role in human history, and what it becomes through history. The book is broad in that it starts with generalities applicable to all human cultures and experiences. It then builds from the broad base to investigate the role of myth in Mesoamerica and among the Nahua specifically. To provide a guide into mythology and through time the author has chosen the Mesoamerican Prometheus …the Opossum. The opossum is a marsupial and marsupials are native only to Australia and the Americas. Its existence and biology came as a shock to the Europeans. But really the opossum is a conduit to the terms, boundaries and functions of myth and mythology. The author has a habit in his writing of laying out a thesis and looking at it from different sides … he sometimes defends it, changes it, or just uses it as a springboard. Ultimately though he builds you a wide lensed foundation from which to make up your own mind … i.e. if you want the truth you must first compare the lies. What I find interesting is he does not draw the direct line from an existent myth to a religious system or belief. This is a foundational text to build off of. An orientation and introduction if you will. I wish this would have been included in seminary as a base line text.
This is the fourth book in my first directed yearlong study of Nahua thought and belief. This book is an exploration of myth. Its origins in human history, its role in human history, and what it becomes through history. The book is broad in that it starts with generalities applicable to all human cultures and experiences. It then builds from the broad base to investigate the role of myth in Mesoamerica and among the Nahua specifically. To provide a guide into mythology and through time the author has chosen the Mesoamerican Prometheus …the Opossum. The opossum is a marsupial and marsupials are native only to Australia and the Americas. Its existence and biology came as a shock to the Europeans. But really the opossum is a conduit to the terms, boundaries and functions of myth and mythology. The author has a habit in his writing of laying out a thesis and looking at it from different sides … he sometimes defends it, changes it, or just uses it as a springboard. Ultimately though he builds you a wide lensed foundation from which to make up your own mind … i.e. if you want the truth you must first compare the lies. What I find interesting is he does not draw the direct line from an existent myth to a religious system or belief. This is a foundational text to build off of. An orientation and introduction if you will. I wish this would have been included in seminary as a base line text.
January 21, 2009
good mths and their relationships
February 10, 2011
a beautiful journey through the history of mesoamerican possum lore!
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