Aztec mythology; Indian mythology -- Mexico; Mexico -- Religion
Charency, H. de, Le Mythe de Votan, étude sur les origines Asiatiques
de la Civilisation Américaine. (Alençon, 1871.)
Charnay, Désiré, Les anciennes Villes du nouveau monde. (Paris, 1885.)
English translation as Ancient Cities of the New World. (London, 1887.)
Charnay’s acquaintance with Mexican archæology and mythology was
elementary.
Chavero, Alfredo, Mexico a traves de los siglos, tom. i; Historia
antigua y de la Conquista. (Barcelona, 1884.)
This enthusiastic and painstaking antiquary did much for the
elucidation of all subjects relating to ancient Mexico, especially as
regards the discovery and criticism of ancient works and manuscripts.
But his zeal frequently betrayed him into somewhat fanciful
explanations.
Chevalier, M., Le Mexique Ancien et Moderne. (Paris, 1886.)
Congrès international des Américanistes—comptes rendus. (Biennially,
1878 ff.)
Dieseldorff, E. P., “Cuculcan” (Zeit. für Ethnol., xxvii, Verhand., pp.
780–873).
Gamio, Manuel, “Investigaciones Arqueologicas en Mexico, 1914–1915”
(Proc. Nineteenth Int. Cong. of Amer., Washington, 1915). (Washington,
D.C., 1917.)
Haebler, K., Die Religion der Mittleren Amerika. (Münster, 1899.)
Hamy, Galerie Américaine du Musée d’ethnographie au Trocadéro. (Paris,
1897.)
Humboldt, Alexander von, Vues des Cordillères. (Paris, 1816.) English
translation by Helen Williams, 1815.
Joyce, Thomas Athol, Mexican Archæology: an Introduction to the
Archæology of the Mexican and Mayan Civilizations of pre-Spanish
America. (London, 1914.)
Chapters ii, iii, and iv give a useful summary of Mexican Mythology,
the Calendar and Calendrical Feasts, and Writing, Priesthood, Medicine,
and Burial.
Journal de la Société des Américanistes de Paris (passim), tom. i.
(Paris, 1896.) (In progress.)
Müller, J. G., Geschichte der Amerikanischen Urreligion. (Berlin,
1867.)
An industrious compilation, which must be used with caution. Its
quotations are nearly all at second-hand and its hypotheses are not a
little strained.
Nadaillac, Marquis de, Prehistoric America (trans.). (London, 1885.)
Very much in the nature of a popular presentation of the subject.
Nuttall, Zelia, The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World
Civilizations. (Papers, Peabody Mus., ii, 1901.)
Orozco y Berra, Historia antigua y de la Conquista de Mexico. 4 vols.
(Mexico, 1880.)
Payne, Edward James, History of the New World called America. (London,
1892–1899.)
This exhaustive work, which deals with the evolution of culture on the
American continent, is admirably conceived, and is obviously the result
of much thought and research. As regards mythology, however, the
author, although well versed in the early writings relating to Mexico,
seems to have been unacquainted with those of modern specialists on the
subject, and this, of course, limits his outlook. Nor does he display
any acquaintance with the Mexican native codices.
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