Le cerf et le roi : modèle sacrificiel et rite d’intronisation dans l’ancien Mexique
The deer and the king : sacrificial model and enthronment rite in Ancient Mexico. After a brief description of the rituals previous to hunting and the cynegetic techniques, this article pretends to establish a parallel between hunted deers and captured and sacrified warriors. As well, some aspects o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société des américanistes
2008-07-01
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| Series: | Journal de la Société des Américanistes |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/jsa/9573 |
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| Summary: | The deer and the king : sacrificial model and enthronment rite in Ancient Mexico. After a brief description of the rituals previous to hunting and the cynegetic techniques, this article pretends to establish a parallel between hunted deers and captured and sacrified warriors. As well, some aspects of the enthronment rites suggest that the future king was assimilated to a sacrified victim, according to a model who could refer to an immolated deer, may be in its ancestor aspect. |
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| ISSN: | 0037-9174 1957-7842 |