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"Francisco X. Alarcón's poetic response to the body of work by Catholic priest and historian Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón, in a special edition with poems translated in Spanish and Nahuatl"--Provided by publisher.

Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh brings an ancient creation myth to life In the spirit of Tonatiuh's celebrated book The Princess and the Warrior, this pre-Columbian creation myth tells the story of Quetzalcoatl, or the Feathered Serpent, one of the most important deities in ancient Mesoamerica. When the other gods grow tired in their attempt to create humankind, only one does not give up: the Feathered Serpent. He embarks on a dangerous journey full of fearsome foes and harsh elements, facing each trial with wisdom, bravery, and resourcefulness before confronting his final challenge at Mictlan, the underworld. With his instantly recognizable, acclaimed art style and grand storytelling, Tonatiuh recounts a dazzling creation tale of epic proportions. Includes an author's note, glossary, and bibliography.
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A collection of narratives from Aztec Indian lore.
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• Xipe Tótec, el portador de la guerra y el maíz / Carlos Javier González González
• Xipe Tótec : "Nuestro señor el desollando" de Tollan Xicocotitlan / Luis Manuel Gamboa Cabezas y Martha García Sánchez
• La práctica ritual del desollamiento en la época preshispánica / Juan Alberto Román Berrelleza.

Exhibition n the Museum of the Templo Mayor, gathers approximately 50 pieces that represent this pre-Hispanic deity and refer to its cult in the Basin of Mexico and Mesoamerica. For the first time a sculpture of this god discovered in Tula is exhibited; Effigies from Monte Albán, Teotihuacan and Gulf Coast are also shown. Each March, at the Mexican fiesta of Tlacaxipehualiztli, an old deity claimed for himself the best warriors captured in battle and the best cobs, giving rise to a stark ceremony that recreated the origins of the sacred war. This fearful, powerful and vital Prehispanic divinity is the leitmotiv of the exhibition Xipe Tótec and the regeneration of life. The exhibition explores the relationship, embodied in this god, between agriculture and war, while deepening its long-standing cult in the Basin of Mexico and in Mesoamerica in general. The approximately 50 archaeological pieces collected in Xipe Tótec and the regeneration of life come from Tula (Hidalgo), Monte Albán (Oaxaca), Gulf Coast (Veracruz); Teotihuacan, Apaxco and Chalco (State of Mexico), Guerrero and the area of ??Occidente (Jalisco)

All beginnings are empty, dawns to be filled with symbols, sediments, and imaginings from remnants of history, gathering from many sources. In August 2021 we celebrate the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan in 1321 by the Aztecs, who came from mythical Aztlan, the place where they became children of the Fifth Sun. This was the origin of a tradition that has taken us centuries to reconstruct and understand. This collection of poems by Jeannette L. Clariond endows the Aztec creation myth with further meaning by reinterpreting the tale of Coyolxauhqui, the goddess of the moon: calendars, stars, pyramids, paintings, murals, ceramics, fabrics, colours-everything in this book takes on new meaning in her poetic language. In Samantha Schnee's translation, Coyolxauhqui makes a symbolic journey-via the phases of the Moon-from her arrival in America by the Bering Strait "with jade beneath her tongue" to Mexico today. 500 years ago, in 1521, 200 years after the founding of the great city, a meeting of two worlds took place: Hernan Cortes set foot in Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico. What did he see? What part of this history is it necessary to reilluminate? Ever since the anthropological and archaeological discoveries in the second half of the 19th century, those who wish to understand this culture have looked to the codices preserved in museums around the world to comprehend the thought, the philosophy, and the cosmology of the Aztecs more deeply. The Goddesses of Water uses the myth of the phases of the Moon to illuminate our awareness of the femicides all across Mexico: The time has come to uncry the wound / for the body to flower once more.
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