workerONE@lemmy.world
on 26 Mar 2024 06:07
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The Spanish sure did rob and murder a lot of people
MisterNeon@lemmy.world
on 26 Mar 2024 12:04
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Yep they got Altepetl(s) and Xiuhpohualli day signs as year markers drawn on to them, they are codices.
Hope I can get some high quality scans of them.
Minarble@aussie.zone
on 26 Mar 2024 12:06
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Amazing that this survived in private hands.
The Spanish burnt all they could find for quite a while for “Christian” reasons. So much knowledge lost forever.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee
on 02 Apr 2024 23:12
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Don’t blame religion. They burned them to control the population and wipe out the culture. Religion was just an excuse.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu
on 26 Mar 2024 12:16
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Any day we uncover more texts that somehow escaped the Spanish book burnings is a good day.
Always makes me sad to think about all the literature lost with the Maya codices.
MisterNeon@lemmy.world
on 26 Mar 2024 13:18
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I couldn’t agree more. Mayan, Mixtec, Tlaxcallan, and dozens of other cultures had the majority of their history obliterated. Knowledge built through millennia burned in a couple centuries.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu
on 26 Mar 2024 13:46
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Not just history either but art. Barely any poetry survives, and I’m sure there were other works of fiction lost, like stories of myths and legends.
MisterNeon@lemmy.world
on 26 Mar 2024 13:57
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I’ve got a couple books translated from Nahuatl into English that have some of the flowery words of the tlamatinime, “Scattering of Jades” and “Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World”. They are very precious because like you said barely anything survives. It’s incredibly sad.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
on 26 Mar 2024 12:41
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LOL! He misspelled Huitzilopoztlic! It’s a really easy mistake! Clearly it has one less trumpet 🎺!
MisterNeon@lemmy.world
on 26 Mar 2024 13:28
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I can’t find that word in the article. Do you mean the Spanish translator for Nahuatl from the 1600’s wrote the wrong name for Huitzilopochtli on the amatl? That happened a lot.
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
on 26 Mar 2024 14:25
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OMG! I was just kidding! From northopetl to southchtl, there’s always one! It’s all part of Godls Grandptotlalpan’s plan.
MisterNeon@lemmy.world
on 26 Mar 2024 14:56
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I’m absolutely confused about what you are trying to communicate.
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The Spanish sure did rob and murder a lot of people
Yep they got Altepetl(s) and Xiuhpohualli day signs as year markers drawn on to them, they are codices.
Hope I can get some high quality scans of them.
Amazing that this survived in private hands.
The Spanish burnt all they could find for quite a while for “Christian” reasons. So much knowledge lost forever.
Don’t blame religion. They burned them to control the population and wipe out the culture. Religion was just an excuse.
Any day we uncover more texts that somehow escaped the Spanish book burnings is a good day.
Always makes me sad to think about all the literature lost with the Maya codices.
I couldn’t agree more. Mayan, Mixtec, Tlaxcallan, and dozens of other cultures had the majority of their history obliterated. Knowledge built through millennia burned in a couple centuries.
Not just history either but art. Barely any poetry survives, and I’m sure there were other works of fiction lost, like stories of myths and legends.
I’ve got a couple books translated from Nahuatl into English that have some of the flowery words of the tlamatinime, “Scattering of Jades” and “Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World”. They are very precious because like you said barely anything survives. It’s incredibly sad.
LOL! He misspelled Huitzilopoztlic! It’s a really easy mistake! Clearly it has one less trumpet 🎺!
I can’t find that word in the article. Do you mean the Spanish translator for Nahuatl from the 1600’s wrote the wrong name for Huitzilopochtli on the amatl? That happened a lot.
OMG! I was just kidding! From northopetl to southchtl, there’s always one! It’s all part of Godls Grandptotlalpan’s plan.
I’m absolutely confused about what you are trying to communicate.