Mockeries and metamorphoses of an Aztec god : Tezcatlipoca, "Lord of the Smoking Mirror"
Guilhem Olivier (Author), Michel Besson (Translator), Davíd Carrasco
A study of Tezcatlipoca, one of the greatest but least understood Mesoamerican pantheon. Analyzing the sources and problems related to Tezcatlipoca's protean powers and shifting meanings, the author guides readers through the symbolic names of this great god, from his representation on skins and stones to his relationship to ritual knives and other deities
Print Book, English, 2008
University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 2008