17 Cosmology: The World in the Eyes of the Indians of the Sierra de Puebla

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations ix
4. Foreword xvii
5. Acknowledgments xxvii
6. 1 Converting the Indians in Sixteenth-Century Central Mexico to Christianity 1
7. 2 From Spiritual Conquest to Parish Administration in Colonial Central Mexico 25
8. 3 A Trilingual, Traditionalist Indigenous Area in the Sierra Norte de Puebla 37
9. 4 Introduction of Christianity in the Sierra Norte de Puebla 53
10. 5 Local Religious Crises in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 63
11. 6 The Tutotepec Otomí Rebellion, 1766–1769 81
12. 7 Contemporary Traditions in the Sierra Norte de Puebla 129
13. 8 Sacred Drums, Teponaztli, and Idols from the Sierra Norte de Puebla 147
14. 9 Traditional Indigenous Festivities in the Sierra Norte de Puebla 179
15. 10 Elements and Accessories of Traditional Native Ceremonies 213
16. 11 Christian Festivities in the Villages of the Sierra Norte de Puebla 235
17. 12 Dances That Originated in the Pre-Hispanic Period 255
18. 13 Dances That Originated during the Colonial Period 325
19. 14 Holders of Indigenous Wisdom 351
20. 15 Relics of the Mesoamerican Calendar in the Sierra Norte de Puebla 373
21. 16 Beliefs about the Formation and the End of the World 417
22. 17 Cosmology: The World in the Eyes of the Indians of the Sierra de Puebla 461
23. 18 The Souls of Beings and Things 485
24. 19 Supernatural Beings in the Beliefs and Religious Practices of Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla 513
25. 20 The Non-Syncretic Religion of the Last Nahuas of Central Mexico 545
26. 21 Religious Syncretism among Today’s Indians in the Sierra Norte de Puebla 563
27. Bibliography 573
28. Index 599