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Publicado: 2018-01-01

El lucero del alba y el ciclo de la calabaza chompola en el ritual tepozteco

Tepoztlán calabaza chompola lucero del alba calendario agrario cosmovisión

Resumen

Este ensayo examina los períodos temporales en el cultivo, la reproducción y el primer consumo ritual de la  calabaza  chompola encontrada en Tepoztlán. Estas periodicidades son significativas porque reproducen los ocho más 236 días que representan  la conjunción inferior del planeta Venus y las fases del lucero del alba, tal como se establece en los códices Dresde y Grolier de los mayas, pero que no han sido registradas para el México central.  De esta calabaza se usan las semillas para fabricar un alimento sagrado (ayohhuachmōlli).  Los  ingredientes  del  ayohhuachmōlli se examinan aquí en busca de su significado simbólico y, al final del ensayo, se analiza el ciclo del lucero del alba de 236 días que establece los parámetros del calendario agrario tepozteco.

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Cómo citar

L. Grigsby, Thomas. 2018. «El Lucero Del Alba Y El Ciclo De La Calabaza Chompola En El Ritual Tepozteco». Estudios De Cultura Náhuatl 55 (enero):225-58. https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/77857.
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