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"An English translation of a sixteenth-century Spanish manuscript, by an Inca Jesuit, about Inca religion and the spread of Christianity in colonial Peru. Includes an introductory essay"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Blas Valera
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 36,49 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0271048808
"An English translation of a sixteenth-century Spanish manuscript, by an Inca Jesuit, about Inca religion and the spread of Christianity in colonial Peru. Includes an introductory essay"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Ian Cameron
Publisher : Random House (UK)
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 26,49 MB
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : David D. Gow
Publisher :
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 43,90 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Land reform
ISBN :
Author : Tony Morrison
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Greg Roza
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 41,44 MB
Release : 2007-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1435839331
A process of assimilation and cultural layering makes Incan mythology a rich and complex brew of Andean folklore, history, and belief. This book serves up a sumptuous offering of Incan and other Andean myths, and sheds light on cultures that often remain shrouded in mystery to this day. These myths and legends are placed within a context of history, archaeology, religion, folk beliefs, and culture, that both explains and enhances their meaning. Dozens of full-color images illuminate the rich storytelling.
Author : John Murphy
Publisher : Encyclopaedia Britannica
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 45,4 MB
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1622753976
Sharing many common beliefs, deities, and rituals, the religion of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca was rooted in both the earth and the sky, the rhythms of the seasons, and the movements of the sun, moon, and stars. Readers will meet rain and sun gods, corn gods and fertility gods, earth mothers who are both creators and destroyers, and even a feathered serpent. Lavish primary-source images of arts and artifacts are paired with text that is both information-packed and enthralling. Readers who enter this pantheon are in for an awe-inspiring cultural journey through the divine mysteries of time and space.
Author : David Drummond Gow
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,79 MB
Release : 1978
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Elizabeth F. S. Roberts
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 26,6 MB
Release : 2012-05-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520952251
Assisted reproduction, with its test tubes, injections, and gamete donors, raises concerns about the nature of life and kinship. Yet these concerns do not take the same shape around the world. In this innovative ethnography of in vitro fertilization in Ecuador, Elizabeth F.S. Roberts explores how reproduction by way of biotechnological assistance is not only accepted but embraced despite widespread poverty and condemnation from the Catholic Church. Roberts’ intimate portrait of IVF practitioners and their patients reveals how technological intervention is folded into an Andean understanding of reproduction as always assisted, whether through kin or God. She argues that the Ecuadorian incarnation of reproductive technology is less about a national desire for modernity than it is a product of colonial racial history, Catholic practice, and kinship configurations. God’s Laboratory offers a grounded introduction to critical debates in medical anthropology and science studies, as well as a nuanced ethnography of the interplay between science, religion, race and history in the formation of Andean families.
Author : Brian S. Bauer
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,78 MB
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0292792034
The Islands of the Sun and the Moon in Bolivia's Lake Titicaca were two of the most sacred locations in the Inca empire. A pan-Andean belief held that they marked the origin place of the Sun and the Moon, and pilgrims from across the Inca realm made ritual journeys to the sacred shrines there. In this book, Brian Bauer and Charles Stanish explore the extent to which this use of the islands as a pilgrimage center during Inca times was founded on and developed from earlier religious traditions of the Lake Titicaca region. Drawing on a systematic archaeological survey and test excavations in the islands, as well as data from historical texts and ethnography, the authors document a succession of complex polities in the islands from 2000 BC to the time of European contact in the 1530s AD. They uncover significant evidence of pre-Inca ritual use of the islands, which raises the compelling possibility that the religious significance of the islands is of great antiquity. The authors also use these data to address broader anthropological questions on the role of pilgrimage centers in the development of pre-modern states.
Author : J. E. Williams
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 2012-04
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781617203749
"A work of hybrid ethnography and spiritual anthropology about the teachings of Ayni, the Q'ero way of knowledge and being. It is not a record of events and things. Rather, it forms a personal narrative, an allegory of seeking and discovery that documents the events that lead to the journey and high-altitude initiation on Ausangate with the traditional Q'ero shaman and wisdom keeper, Sebastian Pauccar Flores, in 2008."--Pref.