A Monstrous Morality: Tzitzimime and their Relatives as Enforcers of Social Control

The tzitzimime – as reflected in central Mexican ethnohistorical sources and precolumbian imagery – represent a diverse array of mostly female divinities associated with fertility. Under Spanish influence, they were re-conceptualized as malevolent, mostly male agents of the Christian devil. Related...

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Autores principales:	Hudson Kathryn M., Henderson John S.
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	deities ethnohistory iconography mesoamerica monsters Ethnology. Social and cultural anthropology GN301-674
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:35b5ad0f204f435e8a67ff0ac94f6dee2021-12-05T14:11:06ZA Monstrous Morality: Tzitzimime and their Relatives as Enforcers of Social Control1339-787710.2478/eas-2021-0020https://doaj.org/article/35b5ad0f204f435e8a67ff0ac94f6dee2021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/eas-2021-0020https://doaj.org/toc/1339-7877The tzitzimime – as reflected in central Mexican ethnohistorical sources and precolumbian imagery – represent a diverse array of mostly female divinities associated with fertility. Under Spanish influence, they were re-conceptualized as malevolent, mostly male agents of the Christian devil. Related beings attested elsewhere, especially in the ethnography of eastern Mesoamerica, are distinctly monstrous. They are particularly salient in “wild” contexts, outside the realm of culture, and serve as enforcers of social norms. This paper traces the development of these creatures from their quasi-monstrous tzitzimime forbears and considers how they have been – and continue to be – conceptualized in relation to sociopolitical differences in their cultural contexts.Hudson Kathryn M.Henderson John S.SciendoarticledeitiesethnohistoryiconographymesoamericamonstersEthnology. Social and cultural anthropologyGN301-674ENEthnologia Actualis, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 37-57 (2021)
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description	The tzitzimime – as reflected in central Mexican ethnohistorical sources and precolumbian imagery – represent a diverse array of mostly female divinities associated with fertility. Under Spanish influence, they were re-conceptualized as malevolent, mostly male agents of the Christian devil. Related beings attested elsewhere, especially in the ethnography of eastern Mesoamerica, are distinctly monstrous. They are particularly salient in “wild” contexts, outside the realm of culture, and serve as enforcers of social norms. This paper traces the development of these creatures from their quasi-monstrous tzitzimime forbears and considers how they have been – and continue to be – conceptualized in relation to sociopolitical differences in their cultural contexts.
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A Monstrous Morality: Tzitzimime and their Relatives as Enforcers of Social Control

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