MYTHS AND PREHISPANIC ASTRONOMY: A LOOK FROM THE COLONIAL PERSPECTIVE

The information from the documents written during colonial times by Spanish fri ars attempted to provide an overview of the thought of Mesoamerican indigenous societies. These ideas are perma nently imprinted religious concepts that ordered the culture, and that signal the efforts of men to find its...

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Autor: María Elena Ruiz Gallut
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Redalyc-UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:57150516013
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57150516013
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Archaeoastronomy
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Sumario:The information from the documents written during colonial times by Spanish fri ars attempted to provide an overview of the thought of Mesoamerican indigenous societies. These ideas are perma nently imprinted religious concepts that ordered the culture, and that signal the efforts of men to find its role in the world and give sense to the astronomical and natural phenomena that are integrated into their religio n, particularly in the creation of myths. The generation of the gods, their tasks and areas of action are explo red here through the texts of Fray Andres del Olmo.