Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, Vol. 31
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Reseña de: Michael Graulich. Mythes et rituels du Mexique ancien préhispanique (Mitos y rituales del México antiguo). Académie royale de Belgique, Louvaine-la-Neuve, 2000 [primera edición: 1987], 463 p.
(2000)This review provides a summary of studies that explore the multifaceted role of indigenous women in the history of New Spain, as well as analyses of myths, rituals, and the social and religious organization of Mesoamerican ... -
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The devil and the skirt an iconographic inquiry into the prehispanic nature of the Tzitzimime
(2000)This study examines Aztec mythology, focusing on the goddess Citlalinicue and her role in the creation of the cosmos and humanity. It explores the relationships between myths about stars, sacred stones, and the understanding ... -
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Reseña de: Arthur, J.O. Anderson et al., Indian Women of Early Mexico, edited by Susan Schroeder, Stephanie Wood and Robert Haskett, United State of America, University of Oklahoma Press, 1997, 486 p.
(2000)This review provides a summary of the analysis of indigenous cultures in northwestern Mexico and the impact of the Spanish arrival, including legends like the Amazonas of Ciguatlán. It emphasizes the significance of ... -
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Reseña de: Carl Sauer, Aztatlán, recopilación, traducción y prólogo de Ignacio Guzmán Betancourt, México, Siglo XXI Editores, 1998, 316 p., ils., láms., mapas. (Serie “Los once ríos”.)
(2000)This review summarizes Carl Sauer's work, a prominent anthropologist and geographer, focused on the indigenous cultures of Northwestern Mexico. It highlights his methodological approaches, the importance of languages in ... -
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La narrativa como sitio de intercambio entre el náhuatl y el español: un análisis de la alternancia lingüística
(2000)This study explores language alternation between Nahuatl and Spanish in a bilingual community, analyzing how both languages intertwine in oral and written narratives. It highlights the nearly 500 years of historical contact ... -
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”Chamaco, chilpayate y escuincle” en el habla familiar de México
(2000)This study analyzes the use and relevance of three Nahuatl-origin words —chamaco, chilpayate, and escuincle— in everyday Mexican Spanish. It explores the challenges faced by dictionaries in accurately including these terms ... -
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Our lady of solitude of San Miguel Coyotlan, 1619 a rare set of cofradia rules in nahuatl
(2000)This document outlines the obligations and behavioral norms for members of the confraternity dedicated to Our Lady Saint Mary of Solitude, emphasizing prudence, purity, and fulfillment of penance to achieve spiritual reward ... -
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Co-occurrences ”3-uples” et ”4-uples” dans le texte nahuatl de codex de florence
(2000)This study provides a detailed analysis of co-occurrences in the Nahuatl text of the Florence Codex, highlighting key linguistic and cultural relationships. It includes specific examples of term combinations across various ... -
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Una carta en náhuatl desde el Soconusco. Siglo XVI
(2000)16th-century Nahuatl letter from Toçantlan (modern Tuzantán, Chiapas) addressed to King Philip II, expressing complaints and requesting the return of Soconusco to the jurisdiction of the Audiencia of Mexico. The document ... -
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La representación de la amistad entre los antiguos mexicanos: un análisis léxico y semántico a través del corpus poético náhuatl. Romances de los señores de la Nueva España
(2000)This study analyzes the representation of friendship in Nahuatl poetry of the ancient Mexicans, based on the corpus "Romances de los Señores de la Nueva España." It examines the vocabulary and expressions describing ... -
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Los aztecas, disquisiciones sobre un gentilicio
(2000)This work analyzes the origin and meaning of the demonym "Aztec," questioning its historical and cultural use in Mexico. It addresses the paradox of how a name imposed by ancient rulers was adopted and popularized, despite ... -
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La imagen del guerrero victorioso en Mesoamérica
(2000)This study examines the image of the victorious warrior in Mesoamerica from the Protoclasic to the Postclassic period, exploring its aesthetic, symbolic, and ritual evolution across cultures such as the Zapotecs, Mayans, ... -
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La sal en los códices pictográficos
(2000)This study explores the scarce but meaningful representations of salt in indigenous Mexican pictographic codices, highlighting the figure of Uixtociuatl, the salt goddess, and the role of salt in place names and tributes ... -
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El color entre los pueblos nahuas
(2000)This study explores the significance of color in the Nahua language and culture, highlighting the diversity of color terms and their symbolism in pre-Hispanic and colonial Mexican life. It includes Nahuatl color vocabulary ... -
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Más sobre la Coyolxauhqui y las mujeres desnudas de Tlatelolco
(2000)This study examines the symbolic and cultural role of warrior women in the conquest of Tlatelolco (1473) within Mesoamerican dualistic thought, exploring how femininity relates to war and political legitimacy in the Aztec state -
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Sacred books and sacred songs from former days: sourcing the mural paintings at San Miguel Arcángel Ixmiquilpan
(2000)This study analyzes the 16th-century murals at the San Miguel Arcángel church in Ixmiquilpan, Mexico, which incorporate imagery from Nahua warrior songs alongside Christian elements. The work highlights the fusion of ... -
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Los Huehuetlahtolli en el Códice Florentino
(2000)This study analyzes the huehuetlahtolli, traditional speeches of the ancient Nahuas recorded in the Florentine Codex. It examines their number, formal features, didactic content, and social role as transmitters of values, ... -
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Volumen 31. pensando en el destino del náhuatl
(2000)This work discusses the history, current status, and future outlook of the Nahuatl language, emphasizing its cultural richness, its presence among more than two million speakers, and efforts for its preservation and promotion ... -
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Los arácnidos en náhuatl: el escorpión, la araña y su tela
(2000)This study analyzes the etymology and meanings of Nahua terms for arachnids, especially spiders and scorpions, based on ancient texts such as the Florentine Codex. It explores mythical associations, morphology, and behavior ... -
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Escatología y muerte en el mundo náhuatl precolombino
(2000)La yuxtaposición, en el título de este artículo de una palabra que remite al “abyecto” resultado de un proceso alimenticio y de otra que expresa la trágica e ineludible finitud de todo cuanto existe puede parecer insólito ...
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