Home›Sources›Religions of Mesoamerica, 2nd editionSourcesReligions of Mesoamerica, 2nd editionCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Religions of Mesoamerica, 2nd edition." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/religions-of-mesoamerica-2nd-edition.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Religions of Mesoamerica, 2nd edition. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/religions-of-mesoamerica-2nd-editionCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-religions-of-mesoamerica-2nd-edition, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Religions of Mesoamerica, 2nd edition}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/religions-of-mesoamerica-2nd-edition}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXDavid Carrasco's survey is now in a second edition, revised since its original publication to incorporate developments in Mesoamerican studies, covering Aztec and wider Mesoamerican religion from the archaeological and textual record. That sustained revision across editions is real, checkable evidence the work keeps being judged worth updating rather than left as a fixed older account. This record has not independently traced further scholarly disagreement with Carrasco's specific claims since the second edition. Use it for established scholarly facts about Aztec and Mesoamerican religion broadly; a claim specific to one Mesoamerican culture's own distinct practice, as opposed to Aztec practice, may need a source focused on that culture.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (399 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1A scholarly survey of Aztec and wider Mesoamerican religion from the archaeological and textual record, now in a second edition revised to incorporate developments in Mesoamerican studies.NotesWell-attestedStandard scholarly survey of Aztec and wider Mesoamerican religion.CitationAuthorWell-attestedDavid CarrascoPublisherWell-attestedWaveland PressPublication YearWell-attested2013Source TypeWell-attestedMonographCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestions Resolved By ThisWhy does the tonalpohualli run to exactly 260 days?, Open Questions Well-attested The 20 x 13 = 260 day-sign and number pairing already recorded on the page this question concerns.Claims Backed By This Source (399 claims)This source backs 399 claims across the atlas. As facts: 316 well-attested, 5 scholarly debate, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 30 holds, 2 connected. Plus 45 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicDeities, 146 claims: 118 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 12 holds, 15 general references.Articles, 58 claims: 54 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 3 general references.Sacred Sites, 39 claims: 27 well-attested, 8 holds, 4 general references.Rituals, 27 claims: 18 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 4 holds, 3 general references.Calendars, 26 claims: 23 well-attested, 1 open question, 2 general references.Practices, 21 claims: 18 well-attested, 3 general references.Religions, 15 claims: 13 well-attested, 2 general references.Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 12 claims: 9 well-attested, 3 general references.Cities, 11 claims: 4 well-attested, 5 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Open Questions, 11 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.Religious Dress & Vestments, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.Subcategories, 6 claims: 4 well-attested, 2 general references.Sacred Architecture, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.Holidays & Festivals, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.Religious Symbols, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Realms, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Cultures, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested316ArticlesA Debt Owed Since the Gods' Own SacrificeA Diviner's Calendar, Then and NowA Flayed God Older Than the Aztec EmpireA Game as Old as Mesoamerican Civilization ItselfA Mountain Leveled for the GodsA Mural, and a Doctrine About How You DieA Parade Invented for a Movie, Then Made RealA Sacred Song of the MexicaA Shared Mesoamerican InheritanceA War God Born FightingBlack as the Color of Priestly DevotionEighteen Twenty Day Months and Five Days Nobody WantedHow Any of It Is KnownIxmucane in the Vocabulary of Maya ReligionLady of the Dead, of MictlanLord of the Root of PulqueNemontemi Beside the Maya WayebNine Levels, and a Dog to Guide the WayNine Trials, Four Years, and a Dog to Get You AcrossOlmec to Colonial, and the Books That SurvivedOur Lord the Flayed One, and the Husk of the SeedPrecious FlowerRecorded by a Method Ahead of Its Time, Under Conditions Behind ItRecorded in the Florentine CodexRites of Flowers, the Pole, and the DeadSacred sites of MesoamericaShe of the Serpent SkirtSport, Sacrifice and Contested InterpretationTepoztecatl and the Many Faces of Pulque's Four HundredThe Affair That Made Her Patroness of Illicit LoveThe Aztec Feasts of the DeadThe Calendar Round, the Ballgame and the DebtThe Dead Who Come HomeThe Dog That Guided the Dead Across the RiverThe Dog-Headed Twin of the Evening StarThe Feathered SerpentThe Fifth SunThe Fifth Sun and the DebtThe Four Sisters Behind One NameThe Four-Year Journey Through Nine HellsThe Giver and the Taker of the RainsThe God Who Would Not Die, and the Salamander Named for HimThe gods of the AztecsThe Lord of the Lowest UnderworldThe New Fire and the Weight of Fifty Two YearsThe Paradise of the Rain GodThe Pyramid Bigger Than Egypt's, Disguised as a HillThe Rich God Who HesitatedThe Stepped Platform as Sacred FormThe Stone Itself: Discovery and a Continuing DebateShowing 1 to 50 of 93 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate5ArticlesDancers, or Something Else EntirelyDeitiesQuetzalcoatlRealmsTlalocanRitualsMesoamerican BallgameOpen question1CalendarsAztec TonalpohualliHolds30CitiesCholulaDeitiesChalchiuhtlicueMetztliMictecacihuatlMictlantecuhtliPatecatlQuetzalcoatlTezcatlipocaTlazolteotlXipe TotecXochiquetzalXolotlHolidays & FestivalsNemontemiRitualsMesoamerican BallgamePatolliSacred SitesMonte AlbanTeotihuacánThe Great Pyramid of Cholula (Tlachihualtepetl)Connected2CitiesCholulaOpen QuestionsWhy does the tonalpohualli run to exactly 260 days?General References45ArticlesA Mountain Leveled for the GodsDancers, or Something Else EntirelyThe Pyramid Bigger Than Egypt's, Disguised as a HillCalendarsAztec TonalpohualliAztec XiuhpohualliCitiesCholulaCulturesMesoamerican PeoplesDeitiesChalchiuhtlicueCoatlicueHuitzilopochtliMetztliMictecacihuatlMictlantecuhtliPatecatlQuetzalcoatlTezcatlipocaTlalocTlazolteotlTonatiuhXipe TotecXochiquetzalXolotlHolidays & FestivalsNemontemiHymns & Liturgical TextsHymn of TlalocHymn of Xipe TotecHymn to HuitzilopochtliOpen QuestionsWhy does the tonalpohualli run to exactly 260 days?PracticesAutosacrifice (Ritual Bloodletting)Nextlahualli (Debt Payment Offering)Royal BloodlettingRealmsTlalocanReligionsAztec ReligionZapotec ReligionReligious Dress & VestmentsXicolliReligious SymbolsWacah Chan, the World TreeRitualsMesoamerican BallgamePatolliTemazcalSacred ArchitectureTeocalliSacred SitesChichén ItzáMonte AlbanTeotihuacánThe Great Pyramid of Cholula (Tlachihualtepetl)SubcategoriesMaya SitesMesoamerican SitesComments (0)No comments yet. 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