The Natural History of the Soul in Ancient Mexico

by Jill Leslie McKeever Furst

Book Overview

This fascinating, richly illustrated book explores basic Precolumbian beliefs about the soul among ancient Mesoamerican peoples. It focuses on the Central Mexican Aztecs-called the Mexica-who believed in multiple souls that animated the body, gave humans their shared and individual characteristics, and survived the body after death. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including visual representations on Precolumbian monuments, colonial Spanish chronicles,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300072600
• ISBN13: 9780300072600
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"