Smoke, flames, and the human body in Mesoamerican ritual practice

"Epitomizing the radiating sun and perpetuating the cycles of life and time, fire was, and continues to be, a central force in the Mesoamerican cosmos. Mesoamericans understood heat and flames as animate forces that signified strength and vitality; the most powerful of individuals were embodied...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Tiesler, Vera (HerausgeberIn), Scherer, Andrew K. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Washington, D.C. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection [2018]
Schriftenreihe:	Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian symposia and colloquia
Schlagworte:	Indians of Mexico > Rites and ceremonies > Congresses Mayas > Rites and ceremonies > Congresses Aztecs > Rites and ceremonies > Congresses Fire > Religious aspects > Congresses Human sacrifice > Religious aspects > Congresses Sacrifice > Religious aspects > Congresses Maya Azteken Feuerritual Körper Mesoamerika Konferenzschrift > Oktober 2015 > Dumbarton Oaks
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