THE HIBBERT LECTURES, 1884.
LECTURES
ON THE
ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF RELIGION
AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE
NATIVE RELIGIONS OF MEXICO
AND PERU.
DELIVERED AT OXFORD AND LONDON,
In APRIL and MAY, 1884.
By
ALBERT RÉVILLE, D.D.
PROFESSOR OF THE SCIENCE OF RELIGIONS AT THE COLLÈGE DE FRANCE.
Translated by PHILIP H. WICKSTEED, M.A.
WILLIAMS AND NORGATE,
14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON;
And 20, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH.
1884.
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Lecture I. INTRODUCTION.—CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO.THEIR COMMON BASES OF CIVILIZATIONAND RELIGION. | |
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Importance of the history of Religion | 1 |
The religions of Mexico and Peru, and the special importanceof studying them | 7 |
Journey to another planet | 8 |
Parallelism of religious history in the New World and inthe Old | 9 |
Central America and Mexico, and the authorities as to theirhistory and religion | 14 |
Area and general character of this civilization | 18 |
The Mayas | 20 |
Toltecs, Chichimecs and Aztecs | 24 |
The Aztec empire | 29 |
Character of the religious conceptions common to CentralAmerica and Mexico | 35 |
The serpent-god and the American cross | 38 |
Estimate of the character and significance of the parallelismsobserved | 39 |
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