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The sun god and the savior: the Christianization of the Nahua and Totonac in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico

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dc.contributor.authorStresser-Péan, Guy, author
dc.contributor.authorUniversity Press of Colorado, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T05:39:32Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T05:39:32Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references and index.
dc.description.abstractThis translation presents two decades of fieldwork in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico, where native pre-Hispanic pagan beliefs blended with traditional Catholic evangelization from the 16th century and the more recent intrusion of modernism.
dc.description.tableofcontentsConverting the Indians in sixteenth-century Central Mexico to Christianity -- From spiritual conquest to parish administration in colonial Central Mexico -- A trilingual, traditionalist indigenous area in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Introduction of Christianity in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Local religious crises in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries -- The Tutotepec Otomí Rebellion, 1766-1769 -- Contemporary traditions in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Sacred drums, Teponaztli, and idols from the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Traditional indigenous festivities in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Elements and accessories of traditional native ceremonies -- Christian festivities in the villages of the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Dances that originated in the pre-Hispanic period -- Dances that originated during the colonial period -- Holders of indigenous wisdom -- Relics of the Mesoamerican calendar in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- Beliefs about the formation and the end of the world -- Cosmology: the world in the eyes of the Indians of the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- The souls of beings and things -- Supernatural beings in the beliefs and religious practices of Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla -- The non-syncretic religion of the last Nahuas of Central Mexico -- Religious syncretism among today's Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/87585
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.relation.ispartofMesoamerican Worlds
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dc.subject.lcshNahuas -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- Religion
dc.subject.lcshNahuas -- Missions -- Mexico -- Puebla (State)
dc.subject.lcshNahuas -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- Rites and ceremonies
dc.subject.lcshTotonac Indians -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- Religion
dc.subject.lcshTotonac Indians -- Missions -- Mexico -- Puebla (State)
dc.subject.lcshTotonac Indians -- Mexico -- Puebla (State) -- Rites and ceremonies
dc.subject.lcshChristianity and culture -- Mexico -- Puebla (State)
dc.subject.lcshChristianity and other religions -- Mexico -- Puebla (State)
dc.subject.lcshSyncretism (Religion) -- Mexico -- Puebla (State)
dc.subject.lcshPuebla (Mexico : State) -- Religious life and customs
dc.subject.lcshPuebla (Mexico : State) -- Social life and customs
dc.subject.lcshStresser-Péan, Claude. Fete du maïs
dc.titleThe sun god and the savior: the Christianization of the Nahua and Totonac in the Sierra Norte de Puebla, Mexico
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