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Subject(s)

• Nahuas—Mexico—Puebla (State)—Religion [Browse]
• Nahuas—Missions—Mexico—Puebla (State) [Browse]
• Nahuas—Mexico—Puebla (State)—Rites and ceremonies [Browse]
• Totonac Indians—Mexico—Puebla (State)—Religion [Browse]
• Totonac Indians—Missions—Mexico—Puebla (State) [Browse]
• Totonac Indians—Mexico—Puebla (State)—Rites and ceremonies [Browse]
• Christianity and culture—Mexico—Puebla (State) [Browse]
• Christianity and other religions—Mexico—Puebla (State) [Browse]
• Syncretism (Religion)—Mexico—Puebla (State) [Browse]
• Puebla (Mexico : State)—Religious life and customs [Browse]
• Puebla (Mexico : State)—Social life and customs [Browse]
• Indigenous Studies [Browse]

Series

Mesoamerican worlds: from the Olmecs to the Danzantes

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (p. 573-597) and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1: Converting the Indians in Sixteenth-Century Central Mexico to Christianity""; ""2: From Spiritual Conquest to Parish Administration in Colonial Central Mexico""; ""3: A Trilingual, Traditionalist Indigenous Area in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""4: Introduction of Christianity in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""5: Local Religious Crises in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries""; ""6: The Tutotepec Otom Rebellion, 1766-1769""; ""7: Contemporary Traditions in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""
• ""8: Sacred Drums, Teponaztli, and Idols from the Sierra Norte de Puebla""""9: Traditional Indigenous Festivities in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""10: Elements and Accessories of Traditional Native Ceremonies""; ""11: Christian Festivities in the Villages of the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""12: Dances That Originated in the Pre-Hispanic Period""; ""13: Dances That Originated during the Colonial Period""; ""14: Holders of Indigenous Wisdom""; ""15: Relics of the Mesoamerican Calendar in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""16: Beliefs about the Formation and the End of the World""
• ""17: Cosmology: The World in the Eyes of the Indians of the Sierra de Puebla""""18: The Souls of Beings and Things""; ""19: Supernatural Beings in the Beliefs and Religious Practices of Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""20: The Non-Syncretic Religion of the Last Nahuas of Central Mexico""; ""21: Religious Syncretism among Todayâ€?s Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

ISBN

0-87081-986-0

OCLC

• 646835503
• 923704521

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