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THE CEM ANAHUAC CONQUERORS Guillermo Marín
THE CEM ANAHUAC CONQUERORS Guillermo Marín Dedicated to the professor and friend Guillermo Bonfil Batalla, who illuminated me in the darkest nights. Tiger that eats in the bowels of the heart, stain its jaws the bloody night, and grows; and diminished grows old he who waits, while far away shines an irremediable fire. Rubén Bonifaz Nuño. Summary: The Cem Ānáhuac conquest has been going on for five centuries in a permanent struggle, sometimes violent and explosive, and most of the time via an underground resistance. The military conquest began by Nahua peoples of the Highlands as Spanish allies in 1521. At the fall of Tenochtitlan by Ixtlilxóchitl, the Spanish advance, throughout the territory, was made up by a small group of Spaniards and a large army composed of Nahua troops. The idea that at the fall of Tenochtitlan the entire Cem Anahuac fell is false. During the 16th century the military force and strategies were a combination of the Anahuaca and European knowledge, because both, during the Viceroyalty and in the Mexican Republic, anahuacas rebellions have been constant and bloody, the conquest has not concluded, the struggle continues. During the Spanish colony and the two centuries of Creole neo-colonialism, the troop of all armies were and continues to be, essentially composed of anahuacas. 1. The warrior and the Toltecáyotl Flowered Battle. Many peoples of the different ancient cultures and civilizations used the "Warrior" figure metaphorically. The human being who fights against the worst enemy: that dark being that dwells in the personal depths. A fight against weaknesses, errors and personal flaws, as the Jihad in the Islam religion. -
Highland Mexico Post Classic Aztec C. Andean South America Social Sciences Department HOLIDAY PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WEEK OF THE DEAD December 1, 2014 XI Civilization D. New World b. Mesoamerica II: Highland Mexico Post Classic Aztec c. Andean South America Social Sciences Department HOLIDAY PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This Friday, December 5 6:30 Home of Professor Harold Kerbo 2325 Tierra Drive, Los Osos Potluck!!!! Sign-Up in Department Office Building 47 Room 13d Major Prehistoric Civilizations 3600 B.C. 2000 B.C. 2500 B.C. 1500 B.C. ? Sub Saharan Africa A.D. 1000 3000 B.C. Years Isthmus Yucatan Valley of A.D./B.C. Mexico 1600 1500 + + 1400 + AZTEC 1300 + + 1200 POSTCLASSIC MAYA 1100 + + 1000 TOLTEC 900 + 800 + 700 + + 600 CLASSIC + MAYA 500 + + 400 + + 300 + + 200 + TEOTIHUACAN 100 A.D. + + 0 + + 100 B.C. + + 200 + + 300 + 400 PRE-CLASSIC MAYA 500 + + 600 + + 700 + + 800 + + 900 + + 1000 OLMEC + 1100 + + 1200 + + 1300 + + 1400 + + 1500 + + 1600 Olmec Culture Area (Isthmus of Tehuantepec) La Venta San Lorenzo Formative Culture: The Olmec (1500-500 B.C.) El Mirador Late Pre-Classic 200 B.C. – A.D. 250 El Mirador Pre-Classic Mayan City 300 B.C. to A.D. 250 Cultural Collapse and Abandonment A.D. 250 Tikal: Classic Maya City A.D. 250-850 CHICHEN ITZA Post Classic Maya 2. Mesoamerica II: Highland Mexico i. Teotihuacan: The Classic Period in Highland, Mexico Olmec Teotihuacan: City of the Gods Citadel and Temple of Quetzalcoatl Pyramid of the Sun Avenue of the Dead Pyramid of the Moon Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan No ball courts documented at Teotihuacan Not popular in areas influenced by Teo • Associated with obsidian source • No true writing • True metallurgy by A.D. -
The Olmec, Toltec, and Aztec
Mesoamerican Ancient Civilizations The Olmec, Toltec, and Aztec Olmecs of Teotihuacán -“The People of the Land of Rubber…” -Large stone heads -Art found throughout Mesoamerica Olmec Civilization Origin and Impact n The Olmec civilization was thought to have originated around 1500 BCE. Within the next three centuries of their arrival, the people built their capital at Teotihuacán n This ancient civilization was believed by some historians to be the Mother-culture and base of Mesoamerica. “The city may well be the basic civilization out of which developed such high art centers as those of Maya, Zapotecs, Toltecs, and Totonacs.” – Stirling Cultural Practices n The Olmec people would bind wooden planks to the heads of infants to create longer and flatter skulls. n A game was played with a rubber ball where any part of the body could be used except for hands. Religion and Art n The Olmecs believed that celestial phenomena such as the phases of the moon affected daily life. n They worshipped jaguars, were-jaguars, and sometimes snakes. n Artistic figurines and toys were found, consisting of a jaguar with a tube joining its front and back feet, with clay disks forming an early model of the wheel. n Large carved heads were found that were made from the Olmecs. Olmec Advancements n The Olmecs were the first of the Mesoamerican societies, and the first to cultivate corn. n They built pyramid type structures n The Olmecs were the first of the Mesoamerican civilizations to create a form of the wheel, though it was only used for toys. -
The Toltec Invasion and Chichen Itza
Other titles of interest published by Thames & Hudson include: Breaking the Maya Code Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs Angkor and the Khmer Civilization India: A Short History The Incas The Aztecs See our websites www.thamesandhudson.com www.thamesandhudsonusa.com 7 THE POSTCLASSIC By the close of the tenth century AD the destiny of the once proud and independent Maya had, at least in northern Yucatan, fallen into the hands of grim warriors from the highlands of central Mexico, where a new order of men had replaced the supposedly more intellectual rulers of Classic times. We know a good deal about the events that led to the conquest of Yucatan by these foreigners, and the subsequent replacement of their state by a resurgent but already decadent Maya culture, for we have entered into a kind of history, albeit far more shaky than that which was recorded on the monuments of the Classic Period. The traditional annals of the peoples of Yucatan, and also of the Guatemalan highlanders, transcribed into Spanish letters early in Colonial times, apparently reach back as far as the beginning of the Postclassic era and are very important sources. But such annals should be used with much caution, whether they come to us from Bishop Landa himself, from statements made by the native nobility, or from native lawsuits and land claims. These are often confused and often self-contradictory, not least because native lineages seem to have deliberately falsified their own histories for political reasons. Our richest (and most treacherous) sources are the K’atun Prophecies of Yucatan, contained in the “Books of Chilam Balam,” which derive their name from a Maya savant said to have predicted the arrival of the Spaniards from the east. -
Toltec.Html Toltec
Text and pictures adapted from http://www.crystalinks.com/toltec.html Toltec The Atlantes are columns in the form of Toltec warriors in Tula The word Toltec in Mesoamerican studies has been used in different ways by different scholars to refer to actual populations and polities of pre-Columbian central Mexico or to the mythical ancestors mentioned in the mythical/historical narratives of the Aztecs. It is an ongoing debate whether the Toltecs can be understood to have formed an actual ethnic group at any point in Mesoamerican history or if they are mostly or only a product of Aztec myth. The scholars who have understood the Toltecs to have been an actual ethnic group often connect them to the archeological site of Tula, Hidalgo which is then supposed to have been the Tollan of Aztec myth. This tradition assumes the "Toltec empire" to have dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th century AD. Other Mexican cities such as Teotihuacán have also been proposed to have been the historical Tollan "Place of Reeds", the city from which the name Tolteca "inhabitant of Tollan" is derived in the Nahuatl language. The term Toltec has also been associated with the arrival of certain Central Mexican cultural traits into the Mayan sphere of dominance that took place in the late classic and early postclassic periods, and the Postclassic Mayan civilizations of Chichén Itzá, Mayapán and the Guatemalan highlands have been referred to as "toltecized" or "mexicanized" Mayas. For example the striking similarities between the city of Tula, Hidalgo and Chichen Itza have often been cited as direct evidence for Toltec dominance of the Postclassic Maya. -
The Myths of Mexico and Peru
THE MYTHS OF MEXICO AND PERU by Lewis Spence (1913) This material has been reconstructed from various unverified sources of very poor quality and reproduction by Campbell M Gold CMG Archives http://campbellmgold.com --()-- 1 Contents Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Illustrations .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Map of the Valley of Mexico ................................................................................................................ 3 Ethnographic Map of Mexico ............................................................................................................... 4 Detail of Ethnographic Map of Mexico ................................................................................................. 5 Empire of the Incas .............................................................................................................................. 6 Preface .................................................................................................................................................... 7 Chapter 1 - The Civilisation of Mexico .................................................................................................... 9 Chapter 2 - Mexican Mythology ........................................................................................................... -
The Maya and Their Neighbours Internal and External Contactsthroughtin1e
The Historical Profile of Kukulcan Jansen, M.E.R.G.N.; van Broekhoven, L.N.K.; Valencia Rivera, R.; Vis, B.; Sachse, F. Citation Jansen, M. E. R. G. N. (2010). The Historical Profile of Kukulcan. Acta Mesoamericana, 22, 89-104. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/16341 Version: Not Applicable (or Unknown) License: Leiden University Non-exclusive license Downloaded from: https://hdl.handle.net/1887/16341 Note: To cite this publication please use the final published version (if applicable). ACTA MESOAMERICANA Volume Lama van Broekhoven, Rogelio Valencia Ri vera, Benjamin Vis, Frauke Sachse(eds.) The Maya and their Neighbours Internal and External ContactsThroughTin1e Proceedings of the 10th European Maya Conference Leiden December 9-10,2005 Separata VERLAG ANT ON SAURWElN 2010 Wayeb Advisory Editorial Board Alain Breton Andres Ciudad Ruiz Elizabeth Graham Nikolai Grube Nom1an Hammond Die Deutsche Bibliothek -- CIP Einheitsaufnahme Bin Titelsatz dieser Publikation ist bei Der Deutschen Bibliothek erhiiltlich ISBN 1419-1 Copyright VerlagAnton Saurwein, Markt Schwaben, 20 I 0 Alle Reehte vorbehalten / all rights reserved Fraukc Sachse Druek: Wissner, Miinchen Bindung: Scllmldkon:l, Printed in The Historical Profile of Kukulcan Maarten E.R.G.N. Jansen LEIDEN UNIVERSITY Introduction region between Maya and Mexica, namely those contained in the Nuu Dzaui (Mixtec) In the liminal zone between the Classic and codices, which so far have received little the Postclassic we encounter a Toltec ruler of attention but may be highly pertinent to this legendary proportions, called Kukulcan question.3 (K'uk'ulkan) by the Yucatec Maya and Quetzalcoatl by the Mexica. Both names mean The narrative "Plumed Serpent". -
C 1992-219 a Nahuatl Interpretation of the Conquest
In: Amaryll Chanady, Latin American Identity and Constructions of Difference, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Vol. 10, 1994, pp. 104-129. Chapter 6 A Nahuatl Interpretation of the Conquest: From the "Parousia" of the Gods to the "Invasion" Enrique Dussel (translated by Amaryll Chanady) In teteu inan in tetu ita, in Huehueteutl [Mother of the gods, Father of the gods, the Old God], lying on the navel of the Earth, enclosed in a refuge of turquoises. He who lives in the waters the color of a blue bird, he who is surrounded by clouds, the Old God, he who lives in the shadows of the realm of the dead, the lord of fire and time. -Song to Ometeótl, the originary being of the Aztec Tlamatinime1 I would like to examine the "meaning of 1492," which is nothing else but "the first experience of modem Europeans," from the perspective of the "world" of the Aztecs, as the conquest in the literal sense of the term started in Mexico. In some cases I will refer to other cultures in order to suggest additional interpreta- tions, although I am aware that these are only a few of the many possible examples, and that they are a mere "indication" of the problematic. Also, in the desire to continue an intercultural dia- logue initiated in Freiburg with Karl-Otto Apel in 1989, I will re- fer primarily to the existence of reflexive abstract thought on our continent.2 The tlamatini In nomadic societies (of the first level) or societies of rural plant- ers (like the Guaranis), social differentiation was not developed sufficiently to identify a function akin to that of the "philoso- pher", although in urban society this social figure acquires a dis- tinct profile.3 As we can read in Garcilaso de la Vega's Comenta- rios reales de los Incas: 104 105 Demás de adorar al Sol por dios visible, a quien ofrecieron sacrificios e hicieron grandes fiestas,.. -
Encounter with the Plumed Serpent
Maarten Jansen and Gabina Aurora Pérez Jiménez ENCOUNTENCOUNTEERR withwith thethe Drama and Power in the Heart of Mesoamerica Preface Encounter WITH THE plumed serpent i Mesoamerican Worlds From the Olmecs to the Danzantes GENERAL EDITORS: DAVÍD CARRASCO AND EDUARDO MATOS MOCTEZUMA The Apotheosis of Janaab’ Pakal: Science, History, and Religion at Classic Maya Palenque, GERARDO ALDANA Commoner Ritual and Ideology in Ancient Mesoamerica, NANCY GONLIN AND JON C. LOHSE, EDITORS Eating Landscape: Aztec and European Occupation of Tlalocan, PHILIP P. ARNOLD Empires of Time: Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures, Revised Edition, ANTHONY AVENI Encounter with the Plumed Serpent: Drama and Power in the Heart of Mesoamerica, MAARTEN JANSEN AND GABINA AURORA PÉREZ JIMÉNEZ In the Realm of Nachan Kan: Postclassic Maya Archaeology at Laguna de On, Belize, MARILYN A. MASSON Life and Death in the Templo Mayor, EDUARDO MATOS MOCTEZUMA The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript, GABRIELLE VAIL AND ANTHONY AVENI, EDITORS Mesoamerican Ritual Economy: Archaeological and Ethnological Perspectives, E. CHRISTIAN WELLS AND KARLA L. DAVIS-SALAZAR, EDITORS Mesoamerica’s Classic Heritage: Teotihuacan to the Aztecs, DAVÍD CARRASCO, LINDSAY JONES, AND SCOTT SESSIONS Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God: Tezcatlipoca, “Lord of the Smoking Mirror,” GUILHEM OLIVIER, TRANSLATED BY MICHEL BESSON Rabinal Achi: A Fifteenth-Century Maya Dynastic Drama, ALAIN BRETON, EDITOR; TRANSLATED BY TERESA LAVENDER FAGAN AND ROBERT SCHNEIDER Representing Aztec Ritual: Performance, Text, and Image in the Work of Sahagún, ELOISE QUIÑONES KEBER, EDITOR The Social Experience of Childhood in Mesoamerica, TRACI ARDREN AND SCOTT R. HUTSON, EDITORS Stone Houses and Earth Lords: Maya Religion in the Cave Context, KEITH M. -
When Money Grew on Trees by Amy Butler Greenfield
When money grew on trees By Amy Butler Greenfield Cacao fruit and seeds Notes: 1. Say cacao: KAH-KAY-OH! 2. Tribute is payment given in money or costly gifts to rulers for peace, protection, or security. 3.Say cacahuatl: CAH-CAH-WAH-TUL! 4. Hernando Cortés (1485-1547) was a Spanish explorer who conquered Mexico. Illustrated by Barbara Knuts ©2001 Blooming cacao tree by Amy Butler Greenfield Several thousand years ago, forest dwellers in Central America discovered an amazing tree in the rain forest. Small white flowers sprang from its branches and its trunk. The flowers ripened into bright red-and yellow fruit. This fruit contained seeds, or beans, that humans could eat. The small brown beans were bitter, but they had a flavor that the forest dwellers liked. By 500 B.C. people in Mexico and Central America were growing these cacao trees in special orchards. Over time cacao beans became very valuable, so valuable that the great Aztec rulers collected them as a tribute. By the late 1400’s, people were treating the beans like coins: they used them to buy food and clothing. In the early 1500s, for instance, three cacao beans would buy you a rabbit. 1 Nowadays most governments produce money in the form of bills and coins. The Aztec rulers, however, did not mint coins, perhaps in part because cacao beans were already so handy. Cacao beans grew naturally, and they were easy to carry. They were also simple to measure. Cacao beans had other good points, too. They were cheap enough to be used for small purchases and usually lasted for several years, even with rough treatment. -
Mexican Culture, the Particularly Evangelical Protestantism
g e n e r a l i n f o r m a t i o n ν You should formally address the patients and family members, especially adults (i.e., Mr./Mrs. or Señor/Señora) and keep the he following information is provided to help Tyou become more aware of your dialogue serious and direct. patients and co-workers’ views, traditions, and actions. While you can use this ν Family is an integral part of the Mexican- information as a guide, keep in mind that all American culture. Patients might want to people within a culture are not the same. Be have their families present 24 hours a day. sure to ask your patients and their families about specific beliefs, practices, and customs ν The majority of Mexicans and Mexican- that may be relevant and important during Americans are Roman Catholic, but a medical treatment and hospitalization. number have converted to Protestantism, When describing the Mexican culture, the particularly evangelical Protestantism. following information could apply to Mexicans visiting from Mexico, first generation of ν Many Mexicans, particularly older patients, Mexican-Americans, or ensuing generation of may bring in objects of religious meaning, Mexican-Americans. Each piece of such as sacred pictures, rosaries or a information does not necessarily apply to all prayer book. Such objects should be left Mexican-Americans. where they are, unless specifically requested by the patient. i n t e r - p e r s o n a l r e l a t i o n s h i p s relationship roles second or third meeting, Mexican men may ν Traditionally the Mexican culture is male- begin with or add the abrazo, the embrace dominated, although in subsequent along with a few pats on the back. -
Aztec Notes 1300 – 1519 (1521)
Aztec Notes 1300 – 1519 (1521) I. General Strictly speaking the Aztecs did not call themselves Aztecs, but rather Mexica. (Throughout this class both terms, Aztec and Mexica, will be used to refer to this dominant people of late pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.) Also, the Mexica who founded their capital on an island in the lake in a high valley in central México called themselves the tenochca; hence, their capital city—roughly, present-day Mexico City—was known as Tenochtitlán. Because of their late arrival in the center of Mexico, and because of their nomadic and aggressive culture, their culture—and their humanities—were a fusion of many previous cultures; i.e., those (and many others) that are listed on this website's Index for Aztec Humanities. The technical term for such fusion is syncretism / sincretismo. II. Language The Aztec language was Náhuatl (náhuatl). It belongs to the Uto-Aztecan family of languages, which means it is related to native languages that were spoken as far north as the present-day state of Utah in the United States of America. For more information on Náhuatl see the notes on the language page of this website: Languages of Latin America. III. Religion and Cosmology In general terms, the Aztecs discovered and promoted the rhythms of nature for communal survival. Rituals aimed to instill fear and trembling in the face of the dramas of nature. Think, for example, of the threats of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and hurricanes. Aztec society was theocratic, meaning that religious authorities ruled (theo = god; cratic = rule). The religion was polytheistic (many gods), with sun worship at its center.