Introduction | p. 6 |
Aztec History and Mythology | p. 8 |
Unlocking the Secrets of Maya Society | p. 10 |
Creation and the First Peoples | p. 12 |
The Power in the Centre: Cosmology | p. 14 |
The Making of the Earth | p. 16 |
Order from Chaos: Maya Creation Stories | p. 18 |
Both One and Two: Aztec Creation Stories | p. 20 |
The Anger of the Gods | p. 22 |
The Hero Twins and Seven Macaw | p. 24 |
The Triumph of the Hero Twins | p. 26 |
The People of Corn | p. 28 |
Earth and Sky | p. 30 |
Life Under the Four Suns | p. 32 |
Dawn of the Fifth Sun | p. 34 |
The Celestial Weaving Girl | p. 36 |
Myths of the Night Sky | p. 38 |
Many Faces of the Sun God | p. 40 |
Bringers of Rain | p. 42 |
Deluge: The Universal Flood | p. 44 |
Tales of the Gods | p. 46 |
A Crowded Pantheon | p. 48 |
Lord of the Smoking Mirror | p. 50 |
The Originator of War | p. 52 |
Dark Challenger by Night | p. 54 |
The Plumed Serpent | p. 56 |
Quetzalcotal and the Raft of Snakes | p. 58 |
The Tribal War God | p. 60 |
Hummingbird of the Left | p. 62 |
Divine Creatures | p. 64 |
Waters, Fertility and Harvest | p. 66 |
The Sacrifice of Blood and Water | p. 68 |
Ancient Lifegivers | p. 70 |
Rain Sun and Water Sun | p. 72 |
The Flayed Lord | p. 74 |
Mother Earth and her Flowers | p. 76 |
The Gods of Maize | p. 78 |
The Gift of Pulque | p. 80 |
How Maize was Tamed | p. 82 |
Sex, Pregnancy and Birth | p. 84 |
After Death | p. 86 |
The Paradise of the Flower Goddess | p. 88 |
The Bacabs and the Cosmic Tree | p. 90 |
The Journey to Mictlan | p. 92 |
Beyond the Water | p. 94 |
The Hero Twins and the Underworld | p. 96 |
Risen from the Underworld | p. 98 |
Return to Xibalba | p. 100 |
Xibalba Tamed | p. 102 |
Quetzalcoatl and his Twin in Mictlan | p. 104 |
Myths and History | p. 106 |
Toltec Wanderings | p. 108 |
The Golden Reigh of Topiltzin | p. 110 |
The Divine Prince | p. 112 |
How the Toltecs Fell | p. 114 |
The Origin of the Mexica | p. 116 |
The Cactus and the Eagle | p. 118 |
The Quiche Maya Seek a Home | p. 120 |
Visions of Triumph and Downfall | p. 122 |
An Empire Lost, An Empire Won | p. 124 |
Index | p. 126 |
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