Otomí : A Historical Narrative of Land, Ritual, and Continuity

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Mär 2026, 2026

9798251452013

Serie: Libro 1 di 3 - The Otomí Series

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Neuware - In the highland dawn, the lake is thinning.The people are watching.Centuries after the fall of Teotihuacan and long before the Aztec Empire, an Otomí village in the central Mexican highlands lives between shrinking water and hard stone. Maize, beans, squash, ducks, dogs, deer, and the thin skin of soil hold them in place. Above, the hills carry shrines. Below, the lake pulls back a little more each season.Through the eyes of Nelli, a young ritual apprentice, Otomi follows one drought-stricken year in a world where every gesture matters: a bowl of kernels at a canal mouth, bark-paper figures cut in white and black, smoke rising from a hill shrine into a sky that will not open.Drawing on archaeology, climate studies, and Otomí (Hñähñu) cosmology, E. J. Marín reconstructs daily life at the edge of the Basin of Mexico: - Raised lake-edge fields and highland springs under weakening summer rains- Household altars, hilltop ceremonies, and the dual forces of sun and water- Dogs, turkeys, deer, and axolotls woven into diet, story, and ritual- Quiet negotiations with distant 'lake-city' powers when tribute and canals pull at the village from belowThis is historical nonfiction told as narrative: no invented empires or chosen ones, only farmers, hunters, shamans, and elders trying to keep children fed and spirits in balance when climate and politics turn against them.Otomi will appeal to readers who enjoy: - Bernard Cornwell's grounded historical worlds and lived-in detail- Indigenous history told from the ground up, through land and labor- Spare, Hemingway-lean prose where the deepest meaning sits under the surfaceFor readers of indigenous and Mesoamerican history, narrative nonfiction, and anyone curious about how real people once stood between hills and a thinning lake, asking the sky for rain and deciding what to do when it did not come.Step into the highlands. Stand at the canal. Watch the smoke rise. …

Codice articolo 9798251452013

Titolo
Otomí : A Historical Narrative of Land, Ritual, and Continuity
Autore
E J Marín
Editore
Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Mär 2026
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Condizione
Neu
Rilegatura
Taschenbuch
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 13
9798251452013
Peso dell'articolo
181 grammi
Dimensioni
229x152x9 mm
Serie
Libro 1 di 3: The Otomí Series

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