Gods and myths of the Aztecs. /

Bancroft-Hunt, Norman

Gods and myths of the Aztecs. / Norman Bancroft Hunt. - Kent : Grange Books, c1999. - 112 p. : col. ill. 31 cm.

Introduces the traditions,beliefs and attitudes that governed the Aztec worldview and which appeared strange to the Spanish invaders of the New World. Discusses the Aztecs civilization which characterized by refinement comparable to Mesopotamia and Egypt of the Old World .Shown were the pictures of massive pyramids anfd temples,the development of an hierarchy based on inherited power,the establishment of an extensive trade.

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Aztec gods
Aztec mythology
Aztecs