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Martín Ocelotl
Martín Ocelotl (1496 – 1537?) was an Aztec Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous priest (shaman) who was put on trial during New Spain’s Spanish Inquisition, Inquisition. He was ultimately banished to Spain. Biography Early life Ocelotl was born into a powerful family from the town of Chinanta (Chinantl) located in Puebla, Mexico.Jorge Klor de Alva, J. Jorge Klor de Alva, ''Martín Ocelotl'', 1981 His last name Ocelotl, means jaguar in Nahuatl. His father was a successful merchant while his mother was a well known and effective priestess. It is also believed that because he came from a powerful family, he was considered to be a religious prodigy at young age. Conversion After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, downfall of the Aztec Empire, Ocelotl took up residence in the nearby and former alliance state of Tetzcoco (Texcoco (altepetl), Texcoco). It was there that Martín was able to continue his practice of being a successful shaman in the town. He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aztec
The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl, Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica from the 14th to the 16th centuries. Aztec culture was organized into city-states (''altepetl''), some of which joined to form alliances, political confederations, or empires. The Aztec Empire was a confederation of three city-states established in 1427: Tenochtitlan, city-state of the Mexica or Tenochca; Texcoco (altepetl), Texcoco; and Tlacopan, previously part of the Tepanec empire, whose dominant power was Azcapotzalco (altepetl), Azcapotzalco. Although the term Aztecs is often narrowly restricted to the Mexica of Tenochtitlan, it is also broadly used to refer to Nahuas, Nahua polities or peoples of central Pre-Columbian Mexico, Mexico in the preh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
