Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, Vol. 53
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¿Miel o sangre? Nuevas problemáticas acerca de la elaboración de las efigies de tzoalli de las divinidades nahuas
(2017)In the ritual cycle of the solar and divinatory calendars, the ancient Nahuas created edible effigies of their gods using amaranth dough mixed with maize and honey, known as tzoalli. This article returns to the tzoalli ... -
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Los dos himnos en honor de Huitzilopochtli y sus implicaciones rituales, históricas y sociales
(2017)The twenty hymns in honor of the Aztec gods, recorded from oral tradition by Bernardino de Sahagún during the first half century after the Spanish conquest, have been studied chiefly by linguists and historians. In general, ... -
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Conversion and Conservation: Mexica Featherwork, the Miraculous, and Early Modern European Practices of Collecting
(2017)This essay investigates the impact of the Encounter of America, particularly of the Franciscan missions, in the cultural production of New Spain. Specifically, it investigates the twofold power of Christian-Mexica feather ... -
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Guilhem Olivier, Cacería, sacrificio y poder en Mesoamérica. Tras las huellas de Mixcóatl, “Serpiente de Nube”, México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas/Fondo de Cultura Económica-Centro de Estudios Mexicanos y Centroamericanos, 2015, 744 p.
(2017)Critical review of Cacería, sacrificio y poder en Mesoamérica by Guilhem Olivier, analyzing the figure of Mixcóatl as a symbolic axis of ritual practices, power structures, and worldviews in Mesoamerica. The author combines ... -
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Miguel León-Portilla, El México antiguo en la historia universal, edición de Juan José Salazar, Toluca, Fondo Editorial Estado de México, 2015, 224 p.
(2017)Review of the book El México antiguo en la historia universal by Miguel León-Portilla, edited by Juan José Salazar. The book compiles essays by the author on the civilizational value and cultural history of pre-Hispanic ... -
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Las transformaciones de Nezahualcóyotl en la obra de Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxóchitl: dos perspectivas
(2017)This essay proposes two contrasting interpretations of the figure of Nezahualcoyotl in Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxóchitl’s Historia de la nación chichimeca. It analyzes several episodes featuring that famous character considering ... -
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Jaime Lara, City, Temple, Stage: Eschatological Architecture and Liturgical Theatrics in New Spain, Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press, 2004, 299 p.
(2017)Miguel León-Portilla reviews Jaime Lara’s City, Temple, Stage, analyzing the inculturation of Christianity in New Spain through architecture, liturgy, and theatrical expressions. The review highlights the interpretive and ... -
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Los merecidos por el sacrificio de los dioses
(2017)Miguel León-Portilla examines how the ancient Nahuas conceptualized the human being as a "macehual"—a person deserved through the sacrifice of the gods. Drawing on colonial Nahuatl texts and the interpretations of friars ... -
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Desde el punto de vista del comensal: alimento y perspectiva en la narrativa nahua
(2017)While anthropology has attempted to analyze the point of view of the native, the Nahua narrative has been particularly interested in discerning the perspective of the table companion, whose points of view play a relevant ... -
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Combatir bailando: danza y guerra en el Altiplano prehispánico
(2017)This article studies the strong link between dance and war among the ancient Nahuas. Dance and military practices interwove, both on the ritual stage and on the battlefield. The pictographic manuscripts produced before ...
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