Inca Religion and CustomsUniversity of Texas Press, 28/06/2010 - 279 páginas Completed in 1653, Father Bernabe Cobo's Historia del Nuevo Mundo is an important source of information on pre-conquest and colonial Spanish America. Though parts of the work are now lost, the remaining sections which have been translated offer valuable insights into Inca culture and Peruvian history. Inca Religion and Customs is the second translation by Roland Hamilton from Cobo's massive work. Beginning where History of the Inca Empire left off, it provides a vast amount of data on the religion and lifeways of the Incas and their subject peoples. Despite his obvious Christian bias as a Jesuit priest, Cobo objectively and thoroughly describes many of the religious practices of the Incas. He catalogs their origin myths, beliefs about the afterlife, shrines and objects of worship, sacrifices, sins, festivals, and the roles of priests, sorcerers, and doctors. The section on Inca customs is equally inclusive. Cobo covers such topics as language, food and shelter, marriage and childrearing, agriculture, warfare, medicine, practical crafts, games, and burial rituals. Because the Incas apparently had no written language, such postconquest documents are an important source of information about Inca life and culture. Cobo's work, written by one who wanted to preserve something of the indigenous culture that his fellow Spaniards were fast destroying, is one of the most accurate and highly respected. |
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... word about the place Father Cobo's work occupies among the many sources on the Inca. There have been two periods of intense activity in Inca research: the second half of the sixteenth century up to the early seventeenth century and the ...
... word about the place Father Cobo's work occupies among the many sources on the Inca. There have been two periods of intense activity in Inca research: the second half of the sixteenth century up to the early seventeenth century and the ...
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... words is clear in the text. However, since many of these words are new to most readers, all of them are defined in the glossary. I have also included the three maps that appeared in the History. To these I have added a sketch map of the ...
... words is clear in the text. However, since many of these words are new to most readers, all of them are defined in the glossary. I have also included the three maps that appeared in the History. To these I have added a sketch map of the ...
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... word or phrase in the Cobo manuscript. In some cases where an English equivalent is lacking, the word in the original remains. Finally there is a brief definition of each term. Sp refers to Spanish. Length finger width, dedo, Sp, the ...
... word or phrase in the Cobo manuscript. In some cases where an English equivalent is lacking, the word in the original remains. Finally there is a brief definition of each term. Sp refers to Spanish. Length finger width, dedo, Sp, the ...
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... words necessary to make sacrifices to it, and the offering that was to be given to it. He would promise high hopes for good fortune, telling of other similar cases that he would make up in order to add to the reputation of his shrine ...
... words necessary to make sacrifices to it, and the offering that was to be given to it. He would promise high hopes for good fortune, telling of other similar cases that he would make up in order to add to the reputation of his shrine ...
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... word in this treatise, especially the word guaca, which was the most commonly used by the Indians, with the same variety of meanings used by them. Chapter 2: Of the opinions and fables that these people IO.
... word in this treatise, especially the word guaca, which was the most commonly used by the Indians, with the same variety of meanings used by them. Chapter 2: Of the opinions and fables that these people IO.
Índice
XXXIII | 151 |
XXXIV | 154 |
XXXV | 158 |
XXXVI | 160 |
XXXVII | 164 |
XXXVIII | 168 |
XXXIX | 172 |
XL | 179 |
XIV | 39 |
XV | 44 |
XVI | 47 |
XVII | 51 |
XVIII | 63 |
XIX | 78 |
XX | 85 |
XXI | 91 |
XXII | 108 |
XXIII | 109 |
XXIV | 115 |
XXV | 118 |
XXVI | 122 |
XXVII | 126 |
XXVIII | 135 |
XXIX | 139 |
XXX | 142 |
XXXI | 145 |
XXXII | 149 |
XLI | 181 |
XLII | 185 |
XLIII | 190 |
XLIV | 194 |
XLV | 198 |
XLVI | 200 |
XLVII | 204 |
XLVIII | 211 |
XLIX | 215 |
L | 223 |
LI | 227 |
LII | 231 |
LIII | 234 |
LIV | 239 |
LV | 241 |
LVI | 243 |
LVII | 246 |
LVIII | 250 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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