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 ⓘ
associatedWith New Spain ⓘ
associatedWork Book I of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book II of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex

Book IV of the Florentine Codex ⓘ
linked to: Florentine Codex
cityOfManuscript Florence ⓘ
compiledBy Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ
contains accounts of primordial times ⓘ
descriptions of divine genealogy ⓘ
myths of creation of gods ⓘ
countryOfManuscript Italy ⓘ
culture Aztec ⓘ
linked to: Aztec culture
dateWritten 16th century ⓘ
describes Aztec cosmology ⓘ
Aztec mythology ⓘ
creation of the world in Aztec belief ⓘ
origin of Aztec gods ⓘ
ethnicGroupDescribed Nahua peoples ⓘ
linked to: Nahua
field Mesoamerican studies ⓘ
genre ethnographic text ⓘ
mythological narrative ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
hasAuthor Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed pre-Hispanic era ⓘ
includedIn General History of the Things of New Spain ⓘ
language Classical Nahuatl ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locationOfManuscript Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana ⓘ
materialForm handwritten manuscript ⓘ
medium illuminated manuscript ⓘ
originallyCommissionedBy Franciscan order in New Spain ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Franciscans
partOf Florentine Codex ⓘ
placeOfComposition New Spain ⓘ
regionDescribed Central Mexico ⓘ
religionDescribed Aztec religion ⓘ
religiousContext Christian missionary ethnography ⓘ
religiousFunction record of pre-Christian beliefs ⓘ
religiousPerspectiveOfCompiler Catholic ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
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 ⓘ
Book I: The Gods → relatedTo → Book III: The Origin of the Gods ⓘ
Book III: The Origin of the Gods → alsoKnownAs → Libro III: El origen de los dioses ⓘ
linked to: Book III: The Origin of the Gods
Book IV: The Soothsayers → relatedTo → Book III: The Origin of the Gods (Florentine Codex) ⓘ
linked to: Book III: The Origin of the Gods
Codex Florentine → hasPart → Book III: The Origin of the Gods ⓘ