Book
Aztec thought and culture: a study of the ancient Nahuatl mind
University of Oklahoma Press • Norman • Published In 1963 • Pages: xxiv, 237 , 8 plates
By: León Portilla, Miguel.
Abstract
This source attempts to reconstruct Aztec thought—cosmology, metaphysics, theology, history, art, human nature, and the acquisition of knowledge—as revealed in Nahuatl texts. There is particular reliance on the accounts given by informants belonging to the last generation schooled in the concepts prior to the Conquest.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central Mexico
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnohistorian
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Marlene Martin ; 1984
- Field Date
- not applicable
- Coverage Date
- 1500-1521
- Coverage Place
- central highland Mexico
- Notes
- By Miguel León-Portilla ; translated from the Spanish by Jack Emory Davis
- A translation and adaptation of the author's La filosofía náhuatl
- Uniform Title: Filosofía náhuatl. English
- LCCN
- 63011019
- LCSH
- Nahua philosophy/Aztec philosophy