Legends of the Plumed Serpent: Biography of a Mexican God

by Neil Baldwin

Few images hold an active claim on the imaginations of countless generations, but the Plumed Serpent, or Quetzalcoatl, has endured through 5,000 years of Mesoamerican history. Visualized as part bird... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891620037
• ISBN13: 9781891620034
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

probably good

this is a response to the garulous 'not good' review above. actually quetzalcoatl breaks down into two nahuat'l words;quetzal for the beautiful iridescent emerald feathered bird of the exact same name,and coatl which means snake or serpent. a literal translation would be no other then the obvious bird-snake.I don't think any one would seriously be insulted by the aproximation given in the title,inasmuch as it is the de facto english language denomination of said mexica entitiy. btw:mexicas never thought of themselves as 'aztecs',which it's an posterior and sort of foreign,also intentionaly misleading name,but that doesn't seem to bother anyone.

Accessible knowledge that opens the horizons

This is a fascinating book which tells you in the most pleasurable way the history of Mexico and how one enduring symbol, the plumed serpent, connects ancient Mexico with modern Mexico. Great illustrations matched by a restrained text makes this a delight to read.