The Aztec calendar and other solar monuments /

The Aztec calendar and other solar monuments /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matos Moctezuma, Eduardo
Corporate Author: George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund
Other Authors: Solís Olguín, Felipe R, Solís Olguín, Felipe R, Velasco Alonso, Roberto
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: México, D.F. : Conaculta-Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia : Grupo Azabache, 2004
México, D.F. : Conaculta-Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia : Grupo Azabache, 2004
México, D.F. : 2004
México, D.F. : c2004
México, D.F. : 2004
Subjects:
Aztec astrology
Aztec calendar
Aztec sculpture
Aztecs > Antiquities
Aztecs > Mexico > Religion
Antiquities
Aztecs
Mythology
Religion
Mexico > Antiquities
Sun > In art
Sun > Mythology > Mexico
Sun > Religious aspects > Mexico
Sun > Religious aspects
Mexico
Sun
Art
Table of Contents:
  • The Aztec calendar / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
  • Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís, Roberto Velasco Alonso
  • The Aztec calendar / Matos, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
  • 1. The return of the Gods
  • Stones with separate destinies
  • The wanderings of the stones
  • 2. The creation of these great monoliths and the use they were given
  • Place occupied by the monoliths and the festivals to which they were dedicated
  • 3. Sun worship among the Mexica
  • Buildings, ceremonies and songs in honor of the sun
  • 4. And the scholars spoke...
  • 5. Petrified time
  • The Sun stone
  • The centre face
  • The Ollin symbol
  • Symbols for the twenty days
  • Circle of the five
  • Elements
  • The two Xiuhcóatl or fire serpents
  • Night represented on the rim of the stone
  • 6. Final thoughts
  • Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís, Roberto Alonso
  • 1. The Eastern part of the universe of the house of the sun
  • Sun worship and its representations
  • Blood sacred sustenance of the sun
  • 2. The sun in the pre-Hispanic world
  • Probable Mayan origin of the solar paraphernalia
  • Chichén Itzá and Tula, relationships, influences and the ongoing debate
  • The Mexica and sun worship
  • 3. representations of the solar disc
  • The solar discs in the Aztec world
  • Ritual sculptures and vessels
  • The nocturnal sun and the death of the sun
  • Nahui Ollin, the fifth sun the favorite emblem
  • 4. Sacrificial solar monuments
  • The Temalácatl
  • Temalácatl with crosspiece
  • The supreme Temalácatl
  • Quadrangular solar altars
  • The Téchcatl
  • The Cuauhxicalli
  • 5. Other solar monuments
  • Opposites and complementaries to the sun
  • The sun, ruler of time
  • Date bundles, victories in the celestial war
  • 6. The ball game, mirror of the sky
  • Final thoughts
  • The Aztec calendar / Matos, Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
  • 1. The return of the Gods
  • Stones with separate destinies
  • The wanderings of the stones
  • 2. The creation of these great monoliths and the use they were given
  • Place occupied by the monoliths and the festivals to which they were dedicated
  • 3. Sun worship among the Mexica
  • Buildings, ceremonies and songs in honor of the sun
  • 4. And the scholars spoke...
  • 5. Petrified time
  • The Sun stone
  • The centre face
  • The Ollin symbol
  • Symbols for the twenty days
  • Circle of the five
  • Elements
  • The two Xiuhcóatl or fire serpents
  • Night represented on the rim of the stone
  • 6. Final thoughts
  • Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís, Roberto Alonso
  • 1. The Eastern part of the universe of the house of the sun
  • Sun worship and its representations
  • Blood sacred sustenance of the sun
  • 2. The sun in the pre-Hispanic world
  • Probable Mayan origin of the solar paraphernalia
  • Chichén Itzá and Tula, relationships, influences and the ongoing debate
  • The Mexica and sun worship
  • 3. representations of the solar disc
  • The solar discs in the Aztec world
  • Ritual sculptures and vessels
  • The nocturnal sun and the death of the sun
  • Nahui Ollin, the fifth sun the favorite emblem
  • 4. Sacrificial solar monuments
  • The Temalácatl
  • Temalácatl with crosspiece
  • The supreme Temalácatl
  • Quadrangular solar altars
  • The Téchcatl
  • The Cuauhxicalli
  • 5. Other solar monuments
  • Opposites and complementaries to the sun
  • The sun, ruler of time
  • Date bundles, victories in the celestial war
  • 6. The ball game, mirror of the sky
  • Final thoughts
  • The Aztec calendar / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
  • Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís
  • The Aztec calendar / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
  • Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís
  • The Aztec calendar / Matos, Eduardo
  • Monuments of sun worship / Felipe Solís

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