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The Myths of Mexico and Peru
Lewis Spence · 1913 · English
Scholarship
The Myths of Mexico and Peru
Lewis Spence
An early twentieth-century popular survey retelling Aztec, Maya, and Inca myths from Sahagún, the Popol Vuh, and colonial chronicles. Useful as a period retelling, but dated in its interpretations.
About this work
An early twentieth-century popular survey retelling Aztec, Maya, and Inca myths from Sahagún, the Popol Vuh, and colonial chronicles. Useful as a period retelling, but dated in its interpretations.
About this record
By Elizabeth Stein for Mythos Atlas. About the author. Editorial notes are grounded in the site's cited sources and can be challenged through the contact page.
Dates and authorship follow standard scholarly references; for many ancient works both are approximate or disputed.