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The term, which is found in Sahagun's Florentine Codex (ed.
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The term, which is found in Sahagun's Florentine Codex (ed.
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He does mention the name Sahagun and says that he is aware that some of his translations of Aztec prose still exist, but does not pursue the matter.
The Aztecs speak - an Aztec account of the Conquest of Mexico 2001
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He does mention the name Sahagun and says that he is aware that some of his translations of Aztec prose still exist, but does not pursue the matter.
The Aztecs speak - an Aztec account of the Conquest of Mexico 2001
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_ This word Sahagun translates "we seek our homes," while the _Codex Telleriano-Remensis_ gives the more intelligible rendering "there is their home whither they descend," and adds that it is synonymous with _Xochitlycacan_, "the place where the flowers are lifted."
Rig Veda Americanus Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans, With a Gloss in Nahuatl Various 1868
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Like most other Spanish missionaries, Sahagun was absolutely convinced that all Mesoamerican gods and goddesses were manifestations of the Devil.
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For instance, Sahagun, who wrote about the Aztec empire in the days of the conquistadores, had a viewpoint that was very much coloured by the Christianity of his day and time, and it definitely shows in the Florentine Codex.
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Like most other Spanish missionaries, Sahagun was absolutely convinced that all Mesoamerican gods and goddesses were manifestations of the Devil.
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According to the great Franciscan ethnographer Sahagun "Our Mother" Tonan was also known as Ilamatecuhtli (a noble old woman) and Cozcamiauh (a necklace of maize flowers).
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Tonantzin, therefore, may be associated with the dread goddess Cihuacoatl (a serpent woman), whom Sahagun identified not with the Virgin Mary, but with Our Mother Eve and her encounter with the serpent of good and evil in the Garden of Eden.
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