Topiltzin’s law. A mythological model of the protocol in the funeral rites of the lords of Anáhuac
The protocol of the funeral rites of the lords of Anahuac followed the example set by Quetzalcoatl known as “Topiltzin’s law”. The ritual and its phases have an historic origin, but the essential part of its ceremonial apparatus is based on a mythology, which provides a legitimacy. Quetzalcoatl esta...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/77784 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/77784 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | ritual protocol funeral myth death Quetzalcoatl king sun Venus protocolo ritual exequias mito muerte Quetzalcóatl rey sol |
| Sumario: | The protocol of the funeral rites of the lords of Anahuac followed the example set by Quetzalcoatl known as “Topiltzin’s law”. The ritual and its phases have an historic origin, but the essential part of its ceremonial apparatus is based on a mythology, which provides a legitimacy. Quetzalcoatl establishes the different stages of that protocol through a mythical gesta, partially acted out in the mortuary context of the rulers’ death. Among the different accounts which legitimated the funerary liturgy, figures the text known as “Quetzalcoatl’s flight to Tlillan, Tlapallan”. A structural analysis of the texts will show how the Toltec priest-king, old and decrepit, takes conscience of the fact that he must die and go to Tlillan, Tlapallan. |
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