Quetzalcoatl and Human Sacrifice

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Quetzalcoatl and Human Sacrifice
Original language description
The article proposes a new interpretation of the relationship of Quetzalcoatl to human sacrifice. While older interpretation mostly see Quetzalcoatl's story as a failure to install a fairer, more human régime in mythical Tollan, here the myth is read essentially as a warning of a catastrophe that would ensue should core duties of Aztec kings be neglected. In this view, a refusal to sacrifice people would, in Aztec view, lead to gods' wrath and a harsh punishment of the king. Moreover, in this process Quetzalcoatl himself is revealed as weak, indulgent and easily induced to transgress his sacred duties. In this sense, the myth describes a just pusnihment of Quetzalcoatl's hubris.
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name
Identity, Tradition, and Revitalization of American Indian Cultures
ISBN
978-80-246-3562-0
Number of pages of the result
14
Pages from-to
215-228
Number of pages of the book
231
Publisher name
Karolinum
Place of publication
Praha
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