Book
Book of the gods and rites and the ancient calendar
University of Oklahoma Press • 102 • Published In 1975 • Pages: 24, 502 , 63 plates
By: Durán, Diego, d., Horcasitas, Fernando, Heyden, Doris, León-Portilla, Miguel.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is a reconstruction of pre-Conquest Aztec religion and calendrics by a sympathetic mid-sixteenth century Dominican friar who spoke Nahuatl and interviewed numerous informants; there is an extensive introductory biography of the author. Although undoubtedly colored by a half-century of ongoing evangelization (continuities in certain practices are noted disapprovingly), the first of two translated documents contains invaluable information on the principal Aztec gods and goddesses, their temples, and their ceremonies; the second is a description of the Aztec calendar and the chief ceremonies of each month. Although most of the illustrations refer to pre-Conquest themes, the artistry shows European influence.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- General character of religion
- Spirits and gods
- Historical reconstruction
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Prophets and ascetics
- Missions
- Ritual
- Mythology
- Sacred objects and places
- Religious and educational structures
- Organized ceremonial
- Music
- Visual arts
- Ordering of time
- Priesthood
- Special garments
- Military organization
- Discipline and morale
- Classes
- Slavery
- Ethnobotany
- Rest days and holidays
- Asceticism
- Chief executive
- Disasters
- Normal garb
- Ethnozoology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Aztecs
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Missionary
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; John Beierle ; 1984
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1559-1579
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1325-1579
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Morelos, Tlaxcala, Puebla, and eastern State of Mexico, Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Fray Diego Durán ; Translated and edited by Fernando Horcasitas and Doris Heyden. Foreword by Miguel León-Portilla
- Uniform Title: Libro de los dioses y ritos. English
- Translation of: [Libero de los dioses y ritos and El calendario antiguo]
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 478-484)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 73088147
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Aztecs