Aztec Gods and God-Bodies
by
Molly H. Bassett
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Following their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly did the Aztecs mean by a "god" (teotl), and how could human beings become gods or take on godlike properties? This sophisticated, interdisciplinary study analyzes three concepts that...