قراءة كتاب Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru
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Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Native Religions of Mexico and Peru
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THE HIBBERT LECTURES,
1884.
THE HIBBERT LECTURES, 1884.
LECTURES
ON THE
ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF RELIGION
AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE
NATIVE RELIGIONS OF MEXICO
AND PERU.
DELIVERED AT OXFORD AND LONDON,
In APRIL and MAY, 1884.
By
ALBERT RÉVILLE, D.D.
PROFESSOR OF THE SCIENCE OF RELIGIONS AT THE COLLÈGE DE FRANCE.
Translated by PHILIP H. WICKSTEED, M.A.
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE,
14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON;
And 20, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH.
1884.
[All Rights reserved.]
LONDON:
PRINTED BY C. GREEN AND SON,
178, STRAND.
CONTENTS.
| Lecture I. INTRODUCTION.—CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO. THEIR COMMON BASES OF CIVILIZATION AND RELIGION. |
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| Importance of the history of Religion | 1 |
| The religions of Mexico and Peru, and the special importance of studying them | 7 |
| Journey to another planet | 8 |
| Parallelism of religious history in the New World and in the Old | 9 |
| Central America and Mexico, and the authorities as to their history and religion | 14 |
| Area and general character of this civilization | 18 |
| The Mayas | 20 |
| Toltecs, Chichimecs and Aztecs | 24 |
| The Aztec empire | 29 |
| Character of the religious conceptions common to Central America and Mexico | 35 |
| The serpent-god and the American cross | 38 |
| Estimate of the character and significance of the parallelisms observed | 39 |
| Lecture II. THE DEITIES AND MYTHS OF MEXICO. |
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| The Sun and Moon | 45 |
| The pyramidal Mexican temples | 47 |
| The great temple of the city of Mexico | 48 |
| The narrative of Bernal Diaz; and the two great Aztec deities, Uitzilopochtli and Tezcatlipoca | 51 |
| Mythical significance of Uitzilopochtli | 54 |
| Significance of Tezcatlipoca | 60 |
| The serpent-god Quetzalcoatl, god of the east wind | 62 |
| Netzalhuatcoyotl, the philosopher-king of Tezcuco | 69 |
| Number of Mexican deities | 70 |
| Tlaloc, god of rain | 71 |
| Centeotl, goddess of maize | |