Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
4. INTRODUCTION >>> God-Bodies, Talk-Makers: Deity Embodiments in Nahua Religions 1
5. CHAPTER 1 >>> Meeting the Gods 27
6. CHAPTER 2 >>> Ethnolinguistic Encounters: Teotl and Teixiptla in Nahuatl Scholarship 45
7. CHAPTER 3 >>> Divining the Meaning of Teotl 89
8. CHAPTER 4 >>> Gods in the Flesh: Th e Animation of Aztec Teixiptlahuan 130
9. CHAPTER 5 >>> Wrapped in Cloth, Clothed in Skins: Aztec Tlaquimilolli (Sacred Bundles) and Deity Embodiment 162
10. CONCLUSION >>> Fates and Futures: Conclusions and New Directions 192
11. APPENDIX A. Ixiptla Variants in Early Lexicons 203
12. APPENDIX B. A List of Terms Modifi ed by Teo- in the Florentine Codex 205
13. APPENDIX C. Turquoise, Jet, and Gold 206
14. NOTES 211
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 253
16. INDEX 269