New Yor : University of New York at Albany, c1978.

366 p. ; 27 cm.

Institute for Mesoamerican Studies ; no. 4

Introduction.--Previous studies in Vienna.--The present study.--Chapter one.--Page 52-in the heavens.--Symbolism of stars.--Page 52a-The ten unnamed males.--Twelve possible place signs.--Problematical function of the Ten Males.--Minor role of the ten males.--Stone seats.--Tobacco offering.--Circles with faces.--Xolotls.--Xolotls in toponyms and personal names.--Xolotls as primordial mixtecs.--Skeletonization as symbol of fertility.--The tobacco gourd as priestly symbol.--The meaning of 52a.--Page 52b.--The Angel unnamed couples.--Pair I.--Pair II.--Caso's identification of pair II.--Corona Nuñez'Centrall Mexican hypothesis..--Chapter two.--Pages 51a to 50d the 1 deer couple: mother and father of the gods.--page 51a.--Generative symbolism.--García's myth.--Place where the sky has been.--The importance of Apoala.--Pages 51a to 50b-The offespring of the 1 Deer pair.--The divine brothers of the Cuilapa myth.--Human and non-human progeny.--Transformation into stones.--Pages 50c-50d.--The tobacco sacrifice.--The magic garden of the two brothers.--Mythological vs. historical time.--Pairing of dates.--Correlation problems.--The year 5 Flint, day 5 flint: a metaphor for the earth.--Notes to chapter two.--Tables 8-11.--Chapter Three.--Page 49.--Genesis of the stones.--The year I Reed, day 1 Alligator.--The earth and maize goddess 9 grass.--The year 1 reed, day 1 alligator: a metaphor for beginnings.--The year 5 house, day 7 serpent.--The aged pair 8 alligator and 4 dog.--Page 49b to 49d.--Creators of stone objects.--Birth of 9 wind from stone blade.--Tables 12-14.--Chapter four.--Pages48a-38c 9 wind, the divine culture hero.--Page 48a-b.--The guises of 9 wind.--Attributes and functions of 9 wind.--Consultation with the old gods.--The mixtec earth revealed.--Nine place signs.--The year 5 flint, day 5 flint: a date for fertile earth.--The year 5 flint, day 8 motion: a date for turbulent water.--The year 10 flint, day 1 eagle: a date for river.--The year 7 Reed, day Reed: a date for Hill.--Notes to chapter four.--Table 15.--Chapter five.--Pages 38c-34d- lineage of the gods at Apoala.--Pages 38c to 37a.--The year 13 Rabbit, day 2 deer: a preparatory date symbolism of ropes--Pages 37b to 35a - Tree birth at Apoala.--Unbound hair as vegetation symbol.--Male-female symbolism of tree.--Parallels in mythology.--Male gods as birth attendants.--9 reed as goddess of birth tree.--Tree birth on engraved bones.--The birth tree's descendents.--human and non-human offspring.--I flower and 13 flower in Vienna and Bodley.--End of genealogy.--Notes to chapter five.--Tables 16-17.--Chapter six.--Pages 34d to 27 a--Convocations of the gods.--Pages 33a to 32 c. The divine participants.--The stewards: 4 serpent and 7 serpent.--9 reed.--2 dog.--4 motion.--7 flower.--1 eagle.--9 grass.--7 rain.--12 vulture, 7 wind and 7 motion.--10 lizard and 11 serpent--11 serpent: the deified maguey--7 wind and 8 deer--5 death--1 alligator, 13 flower, and the pair 4 death and 4 deer--2 flower and 3 alligator: Pulque personified--6 eagle--Pages 32c to 31b-The divine organization of ritual sctures--structures assigned to deities--Page 30a-Manual ear-piercing of 9 wind and 2 dog--The three introductory dates--The ear piercing ritual and its meaning--The gods receive their insignia--Notes to chapter six--Tables 18-21--Chapter seve--Pages 27b to 24 b the sacred plants--The growth of the maize--Male and female symbolism--The maize warrior ritual--The pulque ritual--Page 25 a--Pge 25nb--The mushroom ceremony--pages 24a and 24b--Mixe analogy--The descent beneath Apoala--Page 24 b--Notes to chapter seven--Tables 22-23--Chapter eight--Pge 23-The first appearance of the sun--Pge 23 a--Pge 23b--Previous interpretations of page 23 consdiered--Suggested interpretation for page 23--Notes to chapter eight--Tables 24-26--Chapter nine--Pages 22-1 ordering the mixtec world..The nine rites--Symbolism of fire drilling--The rituals for 2 dog, the archetypal priest-Shaman--Ritual objects:group 1--Group 2--Group 3--Group 4--2 dog and the process ofm world ordering--The ritual of 4 motion--Two groups of ritual objects--Twenty-four place signs--The rituals for 7 flower, god of precious gifts--eighteen ritual objects--twenty-four place signs--The rituals for 7 flower, god of precious gifts--eighteen ritual objects--Place signs associated with 7 flower--The ritual for 1 eale, goddess of tererestrial waters--Twenty four place signs of 1 eagle--sacred geography in Vienna and other codices--The rituals for 9 grass, germinator goddess of the earth--Offerings in gropu 4 for 9 grass--Bllod offerings--Votive knots--Flanged pectorals--Bird sacrifice--Toponyms of 9 grass--The ritual for the paired males, 4 alligator and 11 alligator--Bird sacrifice in the heavens--eight place signs--The rituals for the maize goddess 5 flint--The earth monster as place sign--Unique group of ritual objects--The rituals for 7 wind motion--Jaguar and eagle symbolism--Association with a range of twelve hills--Proliferation of place signs--Last of the rites--Integration of HIlls and toponyms--The sacred geography of codes Vienna completed--NOtes to chapter nine--Tables 27-50--Chapter ten--Summary and conclusions--general structure--Vienna as a sacred map--A mixtec Pantheon--The skull as fertility symbol--notes to chapter ten--Bibliography--Index--

Corresponde a la colección James Brady.