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Quetzalcoatl

and

the

Irony of Empire

Quetzalcoatl

and the Irony of Empire

Myths and Prophecies

in the Aztec Tradition

Revised Edition

David Carrasco

~University

Press of Colorado

International Standard Book Number 0-87081-558-X

Published by the University Press of Colorado

5589 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 206C

Boulder, Colorado 80303

Previously published by the University of Chicago Press

Printed in the United States of America.

The University Press of Colorado is a cooperative publishing enterprise

supported, in part, by Adams State College, Colorado State University, Fort

Lewis College, Mesa State College, Metropolitan State College of Denver,

University of Colorado, University of Northern Colorado, University of

Southern Colorado, and Western State College of Colorado.

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the

American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper

for Printed Library Materials. ANSI Z39.48-1992

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Carrasco, Davíd.

Quetzalcoatl and the irony of empire : myths and prophecies in the Aztec

tradition / Davíd Carrasco ; with a new preface.—Rev. ed.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-87081-558-X (alk. paper)

1. Aztec mythology. 2. Aztecs—Urban residence. 3. Quetzalcoatl (Aztec

deity) 4. Sacred space—Mexico. I. Title.

F1219.76.R45.C37 2000

299'.78452—dc21

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