The Myth of Huitzilopochtli: Diachronic and Structural Interpretation

The paper investigates the myth about the birth of Huicilopochtli, the deity considered by the Spanish conquistadors to be the supreme god of the Aztecs. Aztec myths are even today usually interpreted diachronically, strictly following the sequence of events. Structural analysis, on the other hand,...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4aaca97951804f76b37edd69be7eef5d2021-12-02T01:03:07ZThe Myth of Huitzilopochtli: Diachronic and Structural Interpretation10.21301/EAP.V10.I1.50353-15892334-8801https://doaj.org/article/4aaca97951804f76b37edd69be7eef5d2016-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://eap-iea.org/novi-ojs/index.php/eap/article/view/7https://doaj.org/toc/0353-1589https://doaj.org/toc/2334-8801The paper investigates the myth about the birth of Huicilopochtli, the deity considered by the Spanish conquistadors to be the supreme god of the Aztecs. Aztec myths are even today usually interpreted diachronically, strictly following the sequence of events. Structural analysis, on the other hand, in attempting to uncover the message a myth holds, doesn’t deem the sequence of events in the story important, but rather, studies the interrelation of chains of essential units of myth – mythemes. These two kinds of analysis provide two different interpretations of the same myth: while formal analysis gives a cosmological interpretation, structural analysis points to the powerful social contradictions which this myth tries to reconcile.Igor SekeUniversity of BelgradearticlemythHuicilopochtliAztecsformal analysisstructural analysistecautilAnthropologyGN1-890ENFRSREtnoantropološki Problemi, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2016)
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Anthropology
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Aztecs
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structural analysis
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Igor Seke
The Myth of Huitzilopochtli: Diachronic and Structural Interpretation
description The paper investigates the myth about the birth of Huicilopochtli, the deity considered by the Spanish conquistadors to be the supreme god of the Aztecs. Aztec myths are even today usually interpreted diachronically, strictly following the sequence of events. Structural analysis, on the other hand, in attempting to uncover the message a myth holds, doesn’t deem the sequence of events in the story important, but rather, studies the interrelation of chains of essential units of myth – mythemes. These two kinds of analysis provide two different interpretations of the same myth: while formal analysis gives a cosmological interpretation, structural analysis points to the powerful social contradictions which this myth tries to reconcile.
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title The Myth of Huitzilopochtli: Diachronic and Structural Interpretation
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title_full_unstemmed The Myth of Huitzilopochtli: Diachronic and Structural Interpretation
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