The sun god and the savior : the christianization of the Nahua and Totonac of the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico / / Guy Stresser-Pean

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809653603321
• Autore: Stresser-Pean Guy
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boulder, Colo., : University Press of Colorado, c2009
• ISBN: 0-87081-986-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (660 p.)
• Collana: Mesoamerican worlds: from the Olmecs to the Danzantes
• Disciplina: 207/.20899707248
• Soggetti: Nahuas - Mexico - Puebla (State) - Religion; Nahuas - Missions - Mexico - Puebla (State); Nahuas - Mexico - Puebla (State) - Rites and ceremonies; Totonac Indians - Mexico - Puebla (State) - Religion; Totonac Indians - Missions - Mexico - Puebla (State); Totonac Indians - Mexico - Puebla (State) - Rites and ceremonies; Christianity and culture - Mexico - Puebla (State); Christianity and other religions - Mexico - Puebla (State); Syncretism (Religion) - Mexico - Puebla (State); Puebla (Mexico : State) Religious life and customs; Puebla (Mexico : State) Social life and customs
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 573-597) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1: Converting the Indians in Sixteenth-Century Central Mexico to Christianity""; ""2: From Spiritual Conquest to Parish Administration in Colonial Central Mexico""; ""3: A Trilingual, Traditionalist Indigenous Area in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""4: Introduction of Christianity in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""5: Local Religious Crises in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries""; ""6: The Tutotepec Otom Rebellion, 1766-1769""; ""7: Contemporary Traditions in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""8: Sacred Drums, Teponaztli, and Idols from the Sierra Norte de Puebla""""9: Traditional Indigenous Festivities in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""10: Elements and Accessories of Traditional Native Ceremonies""; ""11: Christian Festivities in the Villages of the Sierra ; Norte de Puebla""; ""12: Dances That Originated in the Pre-Hispanic Period""; ""13: Dances That Originated during the Colonial Period""; ""14: Holders of Indigenous Wisdom""; ""15: Relics of the Mesoamerican Calendar in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""16: Beliefs about the Formation and the End of the World""; ""17: Cosmology: The World in the Eyes of the Indians of the Sierra de Puebla""""18: The Souls of Beings and Things""; ""19: Supernatural Beings in the Beliefs and Religious Practices of Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""20: The Non-Syncretic Religion of the Last Nahuas of Central Mexico""; ""21: Religious Syncretism among Todayâ€?s Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""