Author: | Albert Reville | ISBN: | 9781411460690 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | November 8, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
Author: | Albert Reville |
ISBN: | 9781411460690 |
Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication: | November 8, 2011 |
Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
Language: | English |
Originally delivered as part of the 1884 Hibbert lecture series in Oxford and London, Réville’s book probes the origins and growth of religion in pre-Columbian America. Among the topics are “The Deities and Myths of Mexico;” The Sacrifices, Sacerdotal and Monastic Institutions, Eschatology and Cosmogony of Mexico;” “The Fall of the Incas—Peruvian Mythology, Priesthood;” and “Peruvian Cultus and Festivals.”
Originally delivered as part of the 1884 Hibbert lecture series in Oxford and London, Réville’s book probes the origins and growth of religion in pre-Columbian America. Among the topics are “The Deities and Myths of Mexico;” The Sacrifices, Sacerdotal and Monastic Institutions, Eschatology and Cosmogony of Mexico;” “The Fall of the Incas—Peruvian Mythology, Priesthood;” and “Peruvian Cultus and Festivals.”