Snake Poems An Aztec Invocation

Name: Snake Poems An Aztec Invocation
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ISBN: 9780811801614

ISBN-10: 0811801616

ISBN-13: 9780811801614

Edition: N/A

Authors: Francisco X. Alarcï¿½n, Nion McEvoy

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Inspired by one of the few existing treatises on the culture of Nahuatl--the Indian language primarily spoken by the Aztec--Snake Poems, by award-winning poet Francisco X. Alarcon, represents the first time a contemporary writer has returned to the Aztec heritage, empowering himself not only as a translator and commentator but as a medium in the tradition of the poet as a shaman.

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List price: $11.95
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682



Introduction: Before These Poems, and After


Author's Note


Hello


Four Directions


Silence


Hernando Ruiz de Alarcon (1587-1646)


Same


In the Middle of the Night


I'm Not Really Crying


Shame


Mestizo


Matriarch


Rescue


Tonalamatl/Spirit Book


Songs


Nahual


Ollin / Movement


To Those Who Have Lost Everything


Never Alone


Heart


Temicxoch


Nomatca Nehuatl


Midnight Water Song


Journey


Traveler's Prayer


Martin de Luna


Day and Night


Yolloxochitl / Heart-Flower


Ololiuhqui


Morning Ritual


Prayer for the Sun Before Traveling


Cutting Wood


Birds


For Hunting Birds


Little Toltecs


For Hunting Deer


Ensnared Deer


Chicome-Xochitl / Seven Flower


For Keeping Animals Out of Sown Fields


Against Unruly Ants


To Earthworms Before Fishing with a Hook


Spirits of the Forest


First Offering


Aguamiel


Clouds


Chicome-Coatl / Seven Snake


Rueda vibora / Snake Wheel


Calendar Keepers


Thunder


Rainbow


Water Spirits


For Planting Corn


For Storing Corn


For Planting Camotes


Canto a las Tortillas


Ode to Tomatoes


Urban Villagers


Drought


Potent Seeds


Against Anger


Home Spirit


To Cast Sleep


To Undo the Sleep Spell


For Finding Affection


For Love


Nature


For Bathing


Seer


Visions


Listen


Oracle


Divining with the Hands


Prayer to Fire


Tobacco


Divining with Corn


Tonal


Divining by Looking in the Water


Wiser


Yoliliztli / Life in Motion


Messengers


Flowers


We're One


Birth


Reconciling


In Ixtli In Yollotl / Face and Heart


Domingo Hernandez


Herbs


For Strained Chests


Tonantzin


Cihuacoatl


For Bone Fractures


Massage


Acupuncture for the Back


For Fevers


For Fatigue and Body Pains


Holocaust


Working Hands


Not Poems


The Story of Yappan


Against Scorpion's Sting and Poison


Tepeyollotli


New Day


Moon


Sun's Children


Night


In Xochitl In Cuicatl


Glossary


Bibliography