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- Title
Itz and the Descent of Kukulkan: Central Mexican Influence on Postclassic Maya Thought.
- Authors
McLeod, Alexus
- Abstract
I argue in this article that a number of concepts of the Maya of the Postclassic period in the Yucatan (900–1539 ce) can be understood as hybrid concepts based on a synthesis of Maya and central Mexican ideas. Focusing on the deities of Kukulkan and Itzamna as well as the concept of itz (essence), I argue that Maya concepts were reconstituted based on central Mexican cultural forms, a process that helped bring about the development of a new Maya and ultimately new Pan-Mesoamerican identity, including the idea of the 'Toltec' as a distinct people and the basis of migration myths.
- Subjects
YUCATAN (Mexico : State); ITZA (Central American people); KUKULCAN; MAYAS; MIDDLE Ages; TULA Site (Tula de Allende, Mexico)
- Publication
Parergon, 2018, Vol 35, Issue 2, p147
- ISSN
0313-6221
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/pgn.2018.0070