The Fleeting Moment: Cosmogony, Eschatology, and Ethics in Aztec Religion and Society
Two oppositional, yet complementary, sets of myths are presented here. These sets appear based on a concept of transformation which implies that the cosmos will collapse if a paradigm of human sacrifice is not followed-a paradigm for moral action utilized by Aztec kings in an amoral universe requiri...
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Wiley-Blackwell
1986
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Journal of religious ethics
Year: 1986, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 113-138 |
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