Persistence of Pre-Hispanic Military Iconography among the Otomi in New Spain
This article focuses on the Otomi, descendants of one of the most ancient sedentary populations in central Mexico. Warriors from this language group participated in the Spanish conquest, both as opponents and as allies of the European invaders. A generation later, Otomi warriors took part in armed c...
| Published in: | Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Morcelliana
2016
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Studi e materiali di storia delle religioni
Year: 2016, Volume: 82, Issue: 2, Pages: 699-722 |
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B Religion B War B Resistance B Resistenza B evangelizzazione B Popoli Otomi B Symbolism in art B Indigenous peoples of Mexico; Religion B Otomi (Mexican people) B religione mesoamericana B Mesoamerican religion B Otomi people B iconografia militare B New Spain B military iconography |
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| Summary: | This article focuses on the Otomi, descendants of one of the most ancient sedentary populations in central Mexico. Warriors from this language group participated in the Spanish conquest, both as opponents and as allies of the European invaders. A generation later, Otomi warriors took part in armed colonization of the territory of the nomads on the northern frontier of New Spain. Native martial iconography, centered on the solar cult, is clearly manifest in the Huamantla map, a pictorial cartographic- historical manuscript, and in the mural paintings in the former Augustinian convent dedicated to the archangel Michael, in Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo. Both artworks were painted in Otomi towns around the final third of the sixteenth century. These pictorial narratives demonstrate the relevance of the ancient Mesoamerican concept of "sacred war" during the colonial period. (English) |
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| ISSN: | 2611-8742 |
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