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The flowery death: the image of death in the Nahua songs of Cantares Mexicanos

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dc.contributor.authorSzoblik, Katarzyna, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-30T18:03:57Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.descriptionText in English, Nahuatl, and Spanish.
dc.description.abstractThe Cantares Mexicanos is a collection of over 90 transcriptions of Aztec song-dances (cuicatl) performed by Indigenous people of the Basin of Mexico during pre-colonial and early colonial times on various religious and social occasions.--Provided by publisher.
dc.description.tableofcontentsThe flowery death and Mesoamerican chronotopes: cosmic cycles and historical narratives -- The fall of Tollan: a source of metaphors and a model for Nahua ritual life and historical tradition -- Chosen metaphorical concepts of Cantares Mexicanos -- The log-drum song (Teponazcuicatl) -- The Huastec songs (Cuextecayotl) -- Song of doves (Cococuicatl) and song of rabbits and doves (Tochcococuicatl).
dc.format.mediumborn digital
dc.format.mediumbooks
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/245703
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofUniversity Press of Colorado
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dc.rights.accessAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.
dc.subjectCantares en idioma mexicano
dc.subjectNahuas -- Funeral customs and rites
dc.subjectNahuatl poetry -- Translations into English
dc.subjectAztecs
dc.subjectDeath
dc.titleThe flowery death: the image of death in the Nahua songs of Cantares Mexicanos
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