Briefly describes the history, geography, and society of Mesoamerican cultures; explains concepts found within their folklore and mythology; and presents several myths.
Explores the roles and relationships of the heroes and gods of early Mesoamerica and retells some ancient myths, describing how the people used them to interpret their world.
Published in 1990 under the title Los mitos del tlacuache, this is the first major theoretical study of Mesoamerican mythology by one of the foremost scholars of Aztec ideology. Using the myth cycle o
