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After the Spanish conquest many of the pre-hispanic Codexes where destroyed, their main feature is that their where drawn in many different materials such as deer skin, ''amate'' paper or cotton fabric and they had no text only draws or ''glifos''. However the collection of Mesoamerican customs continued prior to the Spanish conquest thanks to the work of some native indians and some Spanish priests, this codexes are known as Colonial Codexes and there is a change of the way of drawing because of the new techniques of drawing and the new materials imported from Europe, also because of the incorporation of descriptive text both in Spanish and Nahuatl. | After the Spanish conquest many of the pre-hispanic Codexes where destroyed, their main feature is that their where drawn in many different materials such as deer skin, ''amate'' paper or cotton fabric and they had no text only draws or ''glifos''. However the collection of Mesoamerican customs continued prior to the Spanish conquest thanks to the work of some native indians and some Spanish priests, this codexes are known as Colonial Codexes and there is a change of the way of drawing because of the new techniques of drawing and the new materials imported from Europe, also because of the incorporation of descriptive text both in Spanish and Nahuatl. | ||
[[File:Mamalhuaztli_image.png| | [[File:Mamalhuaztli_image.png|thumb|A man who try to make fire CC-BY Enrique Gómez Candelario]] | ||
Sadly, the Aztec astronomical knowledge in the remaining codexes is really small. The next image is one of the few that names some constellations and astronomical phenomena identified by the Aztec, it belong to the ''Primeros Memoriales'' (first memorials), which is a colonial manuscript of the 16th century written by Fray Bernardino de Sahagun. | Sadly, the Aztec astronomical knowledge in the remaining codexes is really small. The next image is one of the few that names some constellations and astronomical phenomena identified by the Aztec, it belong to the ''Primeros Memoriales'' (first memorials), which is a colonial manuscript of the 16th century written by Fray Bernardino de Sahagun. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:53, 22 June 2026
Authors: ASE Tech Team
Mamalhuaztli is a stick.
Etymology and History
For ancient aztecs, the knowledge of the night skies and stars movement had great importance for their calendars and the measurement of both agricultural and sacred cycles. However, great part of this knowledge was lost as consequence of the Spanish conquest which occurred on continental America in the 16th century.
The elements of the Aztec society such as culture, economy and science is preserved in the tlacuilos, word that comes from the ancient Nahuatl word tlacuiloa, which means writing with drawings. These Tlacuilos where stored in the amoxcalli, meaning amoxtli: books and calli: house. Later their became known as codices; a word that came from the Latin word Codex which means written book.
After the Spanish conquest many of the pre-hispanic Codexes where destroyed, their main feature is that their where drawn in many different materials such as deer skin, amate paper or cotton fabric and they had no text only draws or glifos. However the collection of Mesoamerican customs continued prior to the Spanish conquest thanks to the work of some native indians and some Spanish priests, this codexes are known as Colonial Codexes and there is a change of the way of drawing because of the new techniques of drawing and the new materials imported from Europe, also because of the incorporation of descriptive text both in Spanish and Nahuatl.
Sadly, the Aztec astronomical knowledge in the remaining codexes is really small. The next image is one of the few that names some constellations and astronomical phenomena identified by the Aztec, it belong to the Primeros Memoriales (first memorials), which is a colonial manuscript of the 16th century written by Fray Bernardino de Sahagun.
Ancient Aztec identified the Orion's Belt as Mamalhuaztli, and it represented the wood sticks used to light the new fire in the commemoration celebrated every 52 years by the Mexicans and their neighbors named toxiuh molpilia which means binding of the years and coincided with the beginning of the new year named xiuhtzitzquilo.[1][2][3]
Mythology
IAU Working Group on Star Names
Weblinks
- Prehispánicas
- Mythology
- Códice París
- REAL CÉDULA PROHIBIENDO LA HISTORIA GENERAL DE LAS COSAS DE NUEVA ESPAÑA DE FRAY BERNARDINO DE SAHAGÚN
Reference
- ↑ Herbert J. Spinden (1916). The Question of the Zodiac in America. New Series, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1916), pp. 53-80. doi: https://www.jstor.org/stable/660290
- ↑ LOS CÓDICES DE MÉXICO pdf
- ↑ Códices coloniales de México
