Maya Gods of War【電子書籍】[ Karen Bassie-Sweet ]

＜p＞Numerous archaeological projects have found substantial evidence of the military nature of Maya society, and warfare is a frequent theme of Maya art. ＜em＞Maya Gods of War＜/em＞ investigates the Classic period Maya gods who were associated with weapons of war and the flint and obsidian from which those weapons were made.＜/p＞ ＜p＞Author Karen Bassie-Sweet traces the semantic markers used to distinguish flint from other types of stone, surveys various types of Chahk thunderbolt deities and their relationship to flint weapons, and explores the connection between lightning and the ruling elite. Additional chapters review these fire and solar deities and their roles in Maya warfare and examine the nature and manifestations of the Central Mexican thunderbolt god Tlaloc, his incorporation into the Maya pantheon, and his identification with meteors and obsidian weapons. Finally, Bassie-Sweet addresses the characteristics of the deity God L, his role as an obsidian merchant god, and his close a．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る