The Myths of the Opossum: Pathways of Mesoamerican Mythology

by Alfredo López Austin

Book Overview

Published in 1990 under the title Los mitos del tlacuache, this is the first major theoretical study of Mesoamerican mythology by one of the foremost scholars of Aztec ideology. Using the myth cycle of the opossum and the theft of fire from the gods as a touchstone, L pez Austin constructs a definition of myth that pertains to all of Mesoamerican culture, challenging the notion that to be relevant such studies must occur within a specific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826350356
• ISBN13: 9780826350350
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"