Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: The Origin Myths of Mexico
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1941026710 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He has written several books, most notably the Pura Belpré Honor Book The Smoking Mirror.. David Bowles: A product of a Mexican-American family, David lived most of his life in south Texas, where he teachs at the University of Texas
Several of his previous books have incorporated themes from ancient Mexican myths.. The stories in Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky trace the history of the world from its beginnings in the dreams of the dual god, Ometeotl, to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors in Mexico and the fall of the great city Tenochtitlan. This experience inspired him to reconnect with that forgotten past. Readers of Norse and Greek mythologies will delight in this rich retelling of stories less explored.Legends and myths captured David Bowles's imagination as a young Latino reader; he was fascinated with epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey. Despite growing up on the United States/Mexico border, he had never read a single Aztec or Mayan myth until he was in college. And finally, we read Aztec tales about the arrival of the blonde strangers from across the sea, the strangers who seek to upend the rule of Motecuhzoma and destroy the very stories we are reading.David Bowles stitches together the fragment
About the AuthorDavid Bowles: A product of a Mexican-American family, David lived most of his life in south Texas, where he teachs at the University of Texas. He has written several books, most notably the Pura Belpré Honor Book The Smoking Mirror.