Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico. Copyright © 2018 by David Bowles. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written consent from the publisher, except for brief quotations for reviews. For further information, write Cinco Puntos Press, 701 Texas Avenue, El Paso, TX 79901; or call 1-915-838-1625.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Bowles, David, author.
Title: Feathered serpent, dark heart of sky: myths of Mexico / by David Bowles.
Description: First [edition]. | El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017021739 (print) | LCCN 2017035543 (ebook) | ISBN 978-1-941026-73-1 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Indian mythology—Mexico.
Classification: LCC F1219.3.R38 (ebook) | LCC F1219.3.R38 B69 2017 (print) | DDC 972/.01—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017021739
Book and cover design by Sergio A. Gómez
All good things come from El Paso!
Para mi abuelo
MANUEL GARZA
que en paz descance.
Table of Contents
The First Three Ages of the World
The Heavens and the Underworld
The First Three Ages of the World
The Fourth Age and the Hero Twins
The Fifth Age and the Reign of Demigods
The Fifth Sun and the Harbingers of Darkness
Lord Opossum Brings Fire to Humanity
Itzpapalotl and the Cloud Serpents
The Toltecs and the Rise of Civilization
Sak Nikte and the Fall of Chichen Itza
Tlacaelel and the Rise of the Mexica