Sangre de baguales

Este libro - cuya primera edición en el FCE se publicó en 1948 - introduce al lector al extraordinario mundo del espíritu maya. Su origen se remonta a los albores de la época colonial, al afán de algunos mayas de linaje ilustre por conservar su identidad, quienes trasladaban antiguos textos jeroglíficos a la nueva escritura aprendida de los frailes españoles. Los cerca de diecisiete libros del Chilam Balam proceden de distintos poblados de la península de Yucatán y cada uno contiene escritos diversos (religiosos, históricos, cronológicos, astronómicos, médicos y poéticos) y de...

Imagine Ud. Como se habrán sentido los conquistadores españoles, cuando llegaron al Tahuantinsuyo y de pronto tienen noticias de un dios grabado en la Puerta del Sol de Tiahuanaco, más conocido como el Señor de los Báculos o Wiracocha, que dicen fue quien creo el universo de manera parecida a como es narrado en la Biblia. Este dios tuvo por hijo al Sol (Inti) y este por hijo al Inca, la autoridad terrenal. Un pueblo que trabajaba con alegría, que no padecía de necesidades, que no tenían codicia por el oro ni la plata.

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...