Alfredo López Austin - Tamoanchan, Tlalocan: places of mist

1997 by the University of Press of Colorado
International Standard Book Number 0870814451

Published by the University Press of Colorado
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Spanish edition published by Fondo de Cultura Econmica 1994, Mxico, D.F.

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Jacket and book design by Paulette Livers Lambert

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data

Lpez Austin, Alfredo.

[Tamoanchan y Tlalocan. English]
Tamoanchan, Tlalocan: places of mist / Alfredo Lpez Austin:

translated by Bernard R. Ortiz de Montellano, Thelma Ortiz de Montellano.

p. cm. (Mesoamerican worlds)
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-87081-445-1 (alk. paper)
1. AztecsReligion. 2. Aztec mythology. 3. Aztec philosophy. 4. Geographical myths

Mexico. I. Title. II. Series.
F1219.76.R45L6513 1997
299'.78452dc21

9653289

CIP

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