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Mesoamerican Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs of Mexico and Central America Paperback – October 17, 2002

by Kay Almere Read (Author), Jason J. Gonzalez (Author)
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An excellent resource, Handbook of Mesoamerican Mythology introduces readers to the mythology of Mexico and Central America. Its chief focus is on Mexican Highland and Maya areas, as they were, and are, of utmost importance to Mesoamerican history.
An extensive and edifying introduction defines the nature of myth, the Mesoamericans as a people, and the cultural worldview that informed Mesoamerican mythology. The Handbook presents historical and mythological timelines, with each time period and cultural group fully defined. Also featured is a quick geographical and historical survey of Mesoamerica from the Paleoindian Era to the present, as well as a discussion of some of the challenges and possibilities that structure Mesoamerican studies. Moreover, an extensive reference list and a glossary of cultural and mythological terms are included, and pronunciation guides are given throughout. With an annotated bibliography that ranges from film to websites, fiction to poetry, and from introductory to scholarly works, the book is an all-embracing portal to its subject.
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    0195149092
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A superb resource illuminating the rich mythology of Mexico and Central America

About the Author

Kay Almere Read is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at DePaul University and is the author of Time and Sacrifice in the Aztec Cosmos. Jason J. González is a graduate student in anthropology, specializing in Maya archaeology, at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He has extensive field-experience on archaeological projects in Mesoamerica and the United States, as well as on the Pacific islands of Micronesia.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Annotated edition (October 17, 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 354 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195149092
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195149098
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.21 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.2 x 0.94 x 6.4 inches
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Quite simply wonderful. I used this book to teach a course on Mesoamerica and found it accessible, informative, and the right balance between scholarly and engaging. Coffee table books tend to be overly vague and sweeping in their generalizations, recounting the same myths in a monolithic manner, without a sense of the changing nature of mythology and the present uses of them. Gonzalez provides excellent synthetic treatments of the role of mythology in Mesoamerican society as well as thorough thematic coverage of their gods and mythic stories. I highly recommend it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Informative and Reader-Friendly
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2001
Read and Gonzalez have a lot of informative things to say about legends in Central America and its mixing with Christianity. They discuss important issues like the passing of time that can alter people's beliefs. The range of topics is extensive, and they handle them with a special talent. This is an important work with deep content but it is reader-friendly. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in the Aztec and Maya.
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Coleen Mann
1.0 out of 5 stars Better to Try Miller
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2001
As an amateur archeologist I have interest in the ancient Maya, but this book let me down. Miller did a much better job with "An Illustrated Dictionary of the Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya" (which is cheaper). Many of the illustrations were poorly composed. On a positive note, it had some interesting syntheses.
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