Today, the populations of Mexico and Peru are results of meetings between Indians and Spaniards; in most, genes originate from them, and then there are genes caused by Africans, Danes, Frenchmen, Italians, Japanese, Chinese, Lebanese, Russians, Germans and others who sailed or were sailed to America. This cultural mixture has at the Tlatelolco, where the…
Tag: Cauhtemoc
TO HISTORISKE PLADSER: I MEXICO OG I PERU
I dag er Mexicos og Perus befolkninger resultater af møder mellem indianere og spaniere; i de fleste stammer gener fra dem, og så er der gener der skyldes afrikanere, danskere, franskmænd, italienere, japanere, kinesere, libanesere, russere, tyskere samt andre der sejlede eller blev sejlet til Amerika. Denne kulturblanding har på Tlatelolcoen, hvor aztekernes sidste tlatoani,…
MEXICO: DET UMÅDELIGT SMUKKE TENOCHTITLÁN ØDELAGT
Allerede i 1520, efter Cortés var blevet budt velkommen af Moctezuma og havde taget ham som gidsel, skrev han til kong Carlos hvor mange umådeligt smukke templer verdensbyen Tenochtitlán rummede. Blandt disse templer er der et hovedtempel, som ingen menneskelig tunge er i stand til at beskrive storheden og ornamenteringen af, for det er så…
MEXICO: CUAUHTÉMOC MEETS CORTÉS
In his letter to King Carlos, Cortés wrote that he had let Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc know that he was waiting for his arrival, but apparently the Tlatoani had decided not to come. The answer of the Tlatoani was that he did not want anything but death. Cortés also wrote that he had promised some Aztec chiefs…
MEXICO: CUAUHTÉMOC MØDER CORTÉS
I sit brev til kong Carlos skrev Cortés at han havde ladet tlatoani Cuauhtémoc meddele, at han afventede dennes ankomst, men tilsyneladende havde tlatoanien besluttet ikke at komme. Tlatoaniens svar lød at han ikke ønskede andet end døden. Cortés skrev også at han havde lovet nogle aztekiske høvdinge, at han ikke ville skade Cuauhtémoc, at…
MEXICO: FEAST AND UPRISE IN TENOCHTITLÁN – ACCORDING TO INDIANS
In Codex Florentino, Sahagún wrote that Pedro de Alvarado had asked about Huitzilopochtlis feast, how the feast for the god was held. He wants to admire it, he wants to see in what way, and how, it goes. Then Moctezuma give orders. Those of his vassals who still went to him, brought his order. And…
MEXICO: FEST OG OPSTAND I TENOCHTITLÁN – IFØLGE INDIANERE
I Codex Florentino skrev Sahagún at Pedro de Alvarado havde spurgt til Huitzilopochtlis fest, om hvordan den gudefest blev holdt. Han vil gerne beundre den, han vil gerne se på hvilken måde, og hvordan, den foregår. Derpå giver Moctezuma ordre. De af hans vasaller, som endnu gik hen til ham, overbragte ordren. Og efter at…
TWO HISTORICAL PLAZAS: IN MEXICO AND IN PERU
In the final comparisons in my two-piece work The World According to Aztecs and Incas: MYTHS AND STORIES OF MEXICO AND PERU I write (pages 488-489 in Volume 2): ***** Today, the populations of Mexico and Peru are results of meetings between Indians and Spaniards; in most, genes originate from them, and then there are…
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