LEADER 04207nam 2200625 450 001 9910459817403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-292-76298-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000331736 035 $a(EBL)3571831 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001422218 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11770348 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001422218 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11428577 035 $a(PQKB)10366495 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3571831 035 $a(OCoLC)899987708 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse50703 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3571831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11010517 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000331736 100 $a20150203h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe fate of earthly things $eAztec gods and god-bodies /$fMolly H. Bassett 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin, Texas :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (304 p.) 225 0 $aRecovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-76088-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction. God-Bodies, Talk-Makers: Deity Embodiments in Nahua Religions -- Chapter 1. Meeting the Gods -- Chapter 2. Ethnolinguistic Encounters: Teotl and Teixiptla in Nahuatl Scholarship -- Chapter 3. Divining the Meaning of Teotl -- Chapter 4. Gods in the Flesh: The Animation of Aztec Teixiptlahuan -- Chapter 5. Wrapped in Cloth, Clothed in Skins: Aztec Tlaquimilolli (Sacred Bundles) and Deity Embodiment -- Conclusion. Fates and Futures: Conclusions and New Directions -- Appendix A. Ixiptla Variants in Early Lexicons -- Appendix B. A List of Terms Modified by Teo- in the Florentine Codex -- Appendix C. Turquoise, Jet, and Gold -- Notes --. 330 $a"Following their first contact in 1519, accounts of Aztecs identifying Spaniards as gods proliferated. But what exactly did the Aztecs mean by a "god" (teotl), and how could human beings become gods or take on godlike properties? This sophisticated, interdisciplinary study analyzes three concepts that are foundational to Aztec religion--teotl (god), teixiptla (localized embodiment of a god), and tlaquimilolli (sacred bundles containing precious objects)--to shed new light on the Aztec understanding of how spiritual beings take on form and agency in the material world. In The Fate of Earthly Things, Molly Bassett draws on ethnographic fieldwork, linguistic analyses, visual culture, and ritual studies to explore what ritual practices such as human sacrifice and the manufacture of deity embodiments (including humans who became gods), material effigies, and sacred bundles meant to the Aztecs. She analyzes the Aztec belief that wearing the flayed skin of a sacrificial victim during a sacred rite could transform a priest into an embodiment of a god or goddess, as well as how figurines and sacred bundles could become localized embodiments of gods. Without arguing for unbroken continuity between the Aztecs and modern speakers of Nahuatl, Bassett also describes contemporary rituals in which indigenous Mexicans who preserve costumbres (traditions) incorporate totiotzin (gods) made from paper into their daily lives. This research allows us to understand a religious imagination that found life in death and believed that deity embodiments became animate through the ritual binding of blood, skin, and bone"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRecovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas 606 $aAztecs$xReligion 606 $aAztec gods 606 $aAztecs$xRites and ceremonies 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAztecs$xReligion. 615 0$aAztec gods. 615 0$aAztecs$xRites and ceremonies. 676 $a299.7/8452 700 $aBassett$b Molly H.$f1980-$0848483 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459817403321 996 $aThe fate of earthly things$91895209 997 $aUNINA