Molly H Bassett
Biographic Data
| ID | 1447283 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Molly H Bassett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Molly H |
| FAMILY NAME | Bassett |
| SIGNATURE | BASSETT M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3117-5658 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Introduction: Indigenous Epistemologies and the Study of Religion
Indigenous relationality serves as a spiritual and political framework for sovereignty and kinship that governs the interconnected systems of global Indigenous nations. Consequently, as co-editors of this special issue, we see Indigenous critique as a necessary intervention to challenge the colonial biases, structural racism, and restrictive definitions found within the academic study of religion. We identify our positionalities and describe how …
Magic in a Bundle? Nahua Sacred Bundles and Their Terms of Study
By Way of Response
Aztec Religion and Art of Writing: Investigating Embodied Meaning, Indigenous Semiotics, and the Nahua Sense of Reality. By Isabel Laack
Animals and Aztec religion: Keepers and cultivators of nature
Aztecs are known as formidable warriors and religious specialists, but they were also accomplished folkbiologists. Aztec priests, for example, employed specialized knowledge of the natural world in ritual activities. In the following, I highlight Aztec perceptions of a few key species as examples of animals' overall significance in pre- and post-Contact Mesoamerican cultures. In particular, I examine the description of the jaguar in the Florentin…
Sainthood and Race
Sainthood and Race: Marked Flesh, Holy Flesh
Wrapped in Cloth, Clothed in Skins: AztecTlaquimilolli(Sacred Bundles) and Deity Embodiment
Meeting the gods: Apotheoses and Exchanges of the Early Encounter
In November 1519, Motēuczōma Xōcoyōtl, Marina/Malīntzin and Hernán Cortés met, conversed, and exchanged gifts. According to Cortés's letters to Charles V, Motēuczōma identified him as a returned ancestral chieftain (often considered to be the deity Quetzalcōātl). By reading the accounts of their gift exchange as mythohistorical texts presenting a uniquely contact perspective, we may gain insight into how both parties negotiated linguistic, cultur…
The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre‐Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics – By Jongsoo Lee
Cave, City and Eagle's Nest: An Interpretive Journey Through the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2 – Edited by Davíd Carrasco and Scott Sessions
The Ancient Spirituality of the Modern Maya – By Thomas Hart
Wrapped in Cloth, Clothed in Skins: AztecTlaquimilolli(Sacred Bundles) and Deity Embodiment
Animals and Aztec religion: Keepers and cultivators of nature
Aztecs are known as formidable warriors and religious specialists, but they were also accomplished folkbiologists. Aztec priests, for example, employed specialized knowledge of the natural world in ritual activities. In the following, I highlight Aztec perceptions of a few key species as examples of animals' overall significance in pre- and post-Contact Mesoamerican cultures. In particular, I examine the description of the jaguar in the Florentin…
Meeting the gods: Apotheoses and Exchanges of the Early Encounter
In November 1519, Motēuczōma Xōcoyōtl, Marina/Malīntzin and Hernán Cortés met, conversed, and exchanged gifts. According to Cortés's letters to Charles V, Motēuczōma identified him as a returned ancestral chieftain (often considered to be the deity Quetzalcōātl). By reading the accounts of their gift exchange as mythohistorical texts presenting a uniquely contact perspective, we may gain insight into how both parties negotiated linguistic, cultur…
The Allure of Nezahualcoyotl: Pre‐Hispanic History, Religion, and Nahua Poetics – By Jongsoo Lee
Cave, City and Eagle's Nest: An Interpretive Journey Through the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2 – Edited by Davíd Carrasco and Scott Sessions
The Ancient Spirituality of the Modern Maya – By Thomas Hart
Meeting the gods: Apotheoses and Exchanges of the Early Encounter
In November 1519, Motēuczōma Xōcoyōtl, Marina/Malīntzin and Hernán Cortés met, conversed, and exchanged gifts. According to Cortés's letters to Charles V, Motēuczōma identified him as a returned ancestral chieftain (often considered to be the deity Quetzalcōātl). By reading the accounts of their gift exchange as mythohistorical texts presenting a uniquely contact perspective, we may gain insight into how both parties negotiated linguistic, cultur…
Sainthood and Race
Sainthood and Race: Marked Flesh, Holy Flesh
Wrapped in Cloth, Clothed in Skins: AztecTlaquimilolli(Sacred Bundles) and Deity Embodiment
Animals and Aztec religion: Keepers and cultivators of nature
Aztecs are known as formidable warriors and religious specialists, but they were also accomplished folkbiologists. Aztec priests, for example, employed specialized knowledge of the natural world in ritual activities. In the following, I highlight Aztec perceptions of a few key species as examples of animals' overall significance in pre- and post-Contact Mesoamerican cultures. In particular, I examine the description of the jaguar in the Florentin…
Aztec Religion and Art of Writing: Investigating Embodied Meaning, Indigenous Semiotics, and the Nahua Sense of Reality. By Isabel Laack
By Way of Response
Magic in a Bundle? Nahua Sacred Bundles and Their Terms of Study
Introduction: Indigenous Epistemologies and the Study of Religion
Indigenous relationality serves as a spiritual and political framework for sovereignty and kinship that governs the interconnected systems of global Indigenous nations. Consequently, as co-editors of this special issue, we see Indigenous critique as a necessary intervention to challenge the colonial biases, structural racism, and restrictive definitions found within the academic study of religion. We identify our positionalities and describe how …
History (7 works) · Archaeology (6 works) · Art (6 works) · Latin American history and culture (6 works) · Art history (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Citation (3 works) · Indigenous (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)