Book III: The Origin of the Gods

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Book III: The Origin of the Gods is a section of the 16th-century Florentine Codex that details Aztec cosmology and the mythological origins of their deities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book section
part of codex
aim document indigenous beliefs
alsoKnownAs Libro III: El origen de los dioses NERFINISHED
associatedWith New Spain NERFINISHED
associatedWork Book I of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED
Book II of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED
Book IV of the Florentine Codex NERFINISHED
cityOfManuscript Florence NERFINISHED
compiledBy Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED
contains accounts of primordial times
descriptions of divine genealogy
myths of creation of gods
countryOfManuscript Italy NERFINISHED
culture Aztec NERFINISHED
dateWritten 16th century
describes Aztec cosmology
Aztec mythology NERFINISHED
creation of the world in Aztec belief
origin of Aztec gods
ethnicGroupDescribed Nahua peoples NERFINISHED
field Mesoamerican studies
genre ethnographic text
mythological narrative
religious text
hasAuthor Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED
historicalPeriodDescribed pre-Hispanic era
includedIn General History of the Things of New Spain NERFINISHED
language Classical Nahuatl NERFINISHED
Spanish
locationOfManuscript Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana NERFINISHED
materialForm handwritten manuscript
medium illuminated manuscript
originallyCommissionedBy Franciscan order in New Spain NERFINISHED
partOf Florentine Codex NERFINISHED
placeOfComposition New Spain NERFINISHED
regionDescribed Central Mexico NERFINISHED
religionDescribed Aztec religion
religiousContext Christian missionary ethnography
religiousFunction record of pre-Christian beliefs
religiousPerspectiveOfCompiler Catholic NERFINISHED
script Latin alphabet
subject Aztec deities
cosmogony
religious beliefs of the Nahua
usedAsSourceIn research on Aztec religion
research on Mesoamerican cosmology
writtenBy indigenous Nahua informants

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Florentine Codex hasPart Book III: The Origin of the Gods