Ican mopohua here is the account, in its proper order, of how quite recently, miraculously, there appeared the perfect virgin holy mary, mother of god, our queen, at the tepeyac hill, known as guadalupe. Nican mopohua complete text in english our lady in spanish. The autos reflect only spanish christian thinking, while the main characteristic of the nican mopohua is the exceptional blending of the best of two cultures. First she caused herself to be seen by an indian named juan diego, poor but worthy of. He served as the governorjudge of his hometown, acapotzalto, as well as tenochtitlan. Called nican mopohua because of the exact chronological order in which it relates the various phases of the apparitions, this account is also the first and oldest written source on guadalupe.
It is considered a masterpiece of nahuatl literature and was written by don antonio valeriano see. The text of the nican mopohua nobody knows who composed it, although the most commonly proposed author is antonio valeriano 1531. Fu scritto tra il 1540 e il 1548 da antonio valeriano 1520 1605, nipote di montezuma, professore di latino, governatore per 35 anni di citta del messico e anche amico di juan diego. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Here is told and set down in order how a short time ago the perfect virgin holy mary mother of god, our queen, miraculously appeared out at tepeyac, nose of the mountain, widely known as guadalupe.
Leonportilla suggests, that there is in the nican mopohua an exposition of key ideas in christian thinking, wrapped up in the language and form conceived from the world of the nahua. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading tonantzin guadalupe. All written narrations about the apparitions of the lady of guadalupe are inspired by the nican mopohua, or huei tlamahuitzoltica, written in nahuatl, the aztec language, by the indian scholar antonio valeriano around the middle of the sixteenth century. Regrettably, no original copy of his text survives. But he is most well known as the author of the famous account, written in nahuatl, of the apparition of our lady of guadalupe, the nican mopohua. Jose luis guerrero rosado comentarios al nican mopohua por mons. Marcar este documento como util 0 0 votos negativos, marcar este documento como no util. Nican mopohua the oldest narrative of the apparitions of our. Nican mopohua, the original xvi century guadalupes apparitions story. First, she allowed herself to be seen by a little macehual indian, by the name of juan diego. Documentos mestizos sobre las apariciones aci prensa. Il nican mopohua e il testo base delle apparizioni sul tepeyac. Nican mopohua here is told and set down in order how a short time ago the perfect virgin holy mary mother of god, our queen, miraculously appeared out at tepeyac, widely known as guadalupe.
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