Sorcery in Mesoamerica. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeremy D. Coltman, John M. D. Pohl.
• Editors: Coltman, Jeremy D; Pohl, John M. D
• Contents: <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-v' class='sequence-1'>Contents <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-vii' class='sequence-2'>Preface <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-xi' class='sequence-3'>Acknowledgments <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-3' class='sequence-4'>1. Sorcery and Witchcraft in the Mesoamerican World: An Introduction | John M.D. Pohl and Jeremy D. Coltman <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-55' class='sequence-5'>2. Spanish Taxonomies of Witchcraft and the Colonial Highland Maya | John Monaghan <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-69' class='sequence-6'>3. Sorcery and Counter-Sorcery among the Nahua of Northern Veracruz, Mexico | Alan R. Sandstrom and Pamela Effrein Sandstrom <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-114' class='sequence-7'>4. Witchcraft in a Mixtec and Tlapanec Municipality of the Costa Chica of Guerrero: A Sociocultural Epidemiology | Lilián González Chévez <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-135' class='sequence-8'>5. Ah Mak Ikob yetel Ah Pul Yahob: Yucatec Maya Witchcraft and Sorcery and the Mestizaje of Magic and Medicine in Colonial Yucatán, 1570–1790 | John F. Chuchiak IV <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-167' class='sequence-9'>6. The Jaguar's Line: Witchcraft and Sorcery in Mesoamerica | Timothy J. Knab <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-179' class='sequence-10'>7. The Wahys of Witchcraft: Sorcery and Political Power among the Classic Maya | David Stuart <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-206' class='sequence-11'>8. Where Children Are Born: Centipedes and Feminine Sexuality in Ancient Mesoamerica | Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-236' class='sequence-12'>9. 'The Devil Incarnate': A Comparative Perspective on 'Deer-Serpents' in Mesoamerican Beliefs and Ritual Practices | Jesper Nielsen <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-283' class='sequence-13'>10. Fonds Mexicains No. 20: The Sorcerer's Cosmos | John M.D. Pohl <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-306' class='sequence-14'>11. Nahua Sorcery and the Classic Maya Antecedents of the Macuiltonaleque | Jeremy D. Coltman <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-330' class='sequence-15'>12. From Clay to Stone: The Demonization of the Aztec Goddess Cihuacoatl | Cecelia F. Klein <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-381' class='sequence-16'>13. Nahualli ihuan tlamacazqui: Witches, Sorcerers, and Priests in Ancient Mexico | Roberto Martínez González <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-399' class='sequence-17'>Contributors <div class='ch-level-1' class='start-page-403' class='sequence-18'>Index.
• Publisher Details: Louisville : University Press of Colorado
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (421 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Social Science -- Archaeology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781607329541
• Related ISBNs: 9781607329442; 9781607329459
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