Representation and sense of the sun in the amerindian world
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2008-02-04
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Representation and sense of the sun in the amerindian world. (2008). Praxis Pedagógica, 8(9), 36-49. https://doi.org/10.26620/uniminuto.praxis.8.9.2008.36-49
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On the following pages I present what any researcher can conclude when reading primary sources (indigenous codices and the Spanish chroniclers’ writings) regarding the Amerindian world: the presence of the solar star is the central element in all the Aztec, Maya and Muisca myths.
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Mythology, symbol, cosmogony, amerindian thought, pre-columbian civilizations, codices, chronicles.
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