David BowlesNahuatl Note: “Teotl” vs. “god”You may have read people making the claim that pre-Spanish Invasion Nahua peoples (Mexica and other “Aztecs” as well as their rivals in…Oct 22
David BowlesTomicca: Our Departed on the Day of the DeadWithout getting into just how much Día de Muertos or Day of the Dead in Mexico is Indigenous or syncretic, I wanted to share some basic…Nov 1, 202223
David BowlesSongs of the Lords of AnahuacThe codex called Romances de los señores de la Nueva España, usually translated Ballads of the Lords of New Spain, consists of forty-two…May 122May 122
David BowlesNahuatl Note: “Tlahtoani” vs. “king”When writing about or discussing Nahua society before the Spanish invasion, one invariably is faced with the question of how to deal with…Oct 20Oct 20
David BowlesNahua Duality and “Ometeotl”It’s become popular to deny that the Dual God Ometeotl was ever a thing. Many folks argue that scholar Miguel León-Portilla invented the…Oct 9, 20233Oct 9, 20233
David BowlesNahuatl Note: “Teotl” vs. “god”You may have read people making the claim that pre-Spanish Invasion Nahua peoples (Mexica and other “Aztecs” as well as their rivals in…Oct 22
David BowlesTomicca: Our Departed on the Day of the DeadWithout getting into just how much Día de Muertos or Day of the Dead in Mexico is Indigenous or syncretic, I wanted to share some basic…Nov 1, 202223
David BowlesSongs of the Lords of AnahuacThe codex called Romances de los señores de la Nueva España, usually translated Ballads of the Lords of New Spain, consists of forty-two…May 122
David BowlesNahuatl Note: “Tlahtoani” vs. “king”When writing about or discussing Nahua society before the Spanish invasion, one invariably is faced with the question of how to deal with…Oct 20
David BowlesNahua Duality and “Ometeotl”It’s become popular to deny that the Dual God Ometeotl was ever a thing. Many folks argue that scholar Miguel León-Portilla invented the…Oct 9, 20233
David BowlesA “Future Nahuatl” ScriptI have several science fiction projects that depict the use of Nahuatl in the future or alternate presents, so I thought it would be cool…Apr 25, 2023
InBabelbyDavid Trejo GarciaWere Sunflowers Named Before They Were Discovered?Tracking the naming history of one of the World’s favorite flowers.Aug 21
David BowlesTecuichpo: Last Aztec EmpressMany historical figures who were in and around the Isle of Mexico during the siege of Tenochtitlan in 1521 appear in my latest book, Secret…Jun 5, 20231