Pre-Columbian literatures of Mexico

Miguel León Portilla

Original title: Literaturas precolombinas de México

first published 1969 University of Oklahoma Press, 1986 193 pages

The Civilization of the American Indian series ;

"Presents Mexican myths and sacred hymns, lyric poetry, rituals, drama and various forms of prose, accompanied by informed criticism and comment... from the Aztecs, the Mayas, the Mixtecs and Zapotecs of Oaxaca, the Tarascans of Michoacan, the Otomis of central Mexico, and others."

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