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Print Book, English, ©1989

University of Arizona Press, Tucson, ©1989

History

xli, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

9780816510955, 9780816513390, 0816510954, 0816513392

19353576

An introduction to the analysis of Aztec historical traditions

pt. 1. The woman of discord. A model of the Tenochtitlan Dynasty ; The founding queen ; Mothers of gods and daughters of Chichimecs ; Motecuhzoma's daughters

pt. 2. The recycled king. Motecuhzoma and Quetzalcoatl: on the boundary ; The creation of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl ; Aztec sacred history and divine kingship