This volume presents ancient Mexican myths and sacred hymns,
lyric poetry, rituals, drama, and various forms of prose,
accompanied by informed criticism and comment. The selections come
from the Aztecs, the Mayas, the Mixtecs and Zapotecs of Oaxaca, the
Tarascans of Michoacan, the Otomis of central Mexico, and others.
They have come down to us from inscriptions on stone, the codices,
and accounts written, after the coming of Europeans, of oral
traditions.
It is Miguel Leon-Portilla's intention "to bring to contemporary
readers an understanding of the marvelous world of symbolism which
is the very substance of these early literatures." That he has
succeeded is obvious to every reader.
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