by Lewis Spence · Edimat Libros · tapa dura · ISBN 9788484034780
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«Incas, Mayas y Aztecas» is Lewis Spence's mythology essay, published by Edimat Libros in hardcover (304 pages, in Spanish).
The work studies the mythologies of the pre-Columbian cultures of Mexico and Peru: Aztecs, Toltecs, Maya of Yucatán and Incas. It gathers tales such as that of Quetzalcóatl, the feathered serpent, or that of Pachacámac, spirit of the earth, and addresses the social organization, intellectual achievements and religious practices of these peoples.
Work originally published as «The Myths of Mexico and Peru» in 1913; this Spanish edition dates from 2000.
For readers interested in mythology, anthropology and history of pre-Columbian civilizations.
James Lewis Thomas Chalmers Spence was a Scottish journalist, poet, author, folklorist and occult scholar. Spence was a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and vice-president of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society. He founded the Scottish National Movement.
