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Feathered serpent, dark heart of sky: myths of Mexico

Feathered serpent, dark heart of sky: myths of Mexico

An epic retranslation, adaptation, and weaving together of the most important myths of pre-Invasion Mesoamerica.

2018

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David Bowles

Aztecs and the Solar Eclipse

As we’re just days from another “Great American Eclipse,” whose duration of totality will be nearly five minutes, I wanted to take a moment…

2 min readApr 6, 2024

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Aztecs and the Solar Eclipse

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The Major Aztec Gods, Part II

Here’s the second of several planned articles on the origins of the names of major Aztec gods. By Aztec, I mean the three major Nahua…

8 min readOct 22, 2023

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The Major Aztec Gods, Part II

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Mexican American Superhero Team

“The Thirteen: Origins” Launches October 2023 from Chispa Comics!

4 min readOct 14, 2023

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Mexican American Superhero Team

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Nahua 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…

8 min readOct 9, 2023

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Nahua Duality and “Ometeotl”

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Harker and the Count: Chapter VIII

In which Jonathan Harker finally meets Count Dracula’s three charges: the Weird Sisters.

12 min readJul 9, 2023

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Harker and the Count: Chapter VIII

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Mesoamerican Ballgame

Because of two works-in-progress, I’ve been thinking about the different iterations of the “Mesoamerican Ballgame” (a relatively unhelpful…

5 min readJun 23, 2023

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Mesoamerican Ballgame

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Tecuichpo: Last Aztec Empress

Many historical figures who were in and around the Isle of Mexico during the siege of Tenochtitlan in 1521 appear in my latest book, Secret…

3 min readJun 5, 2023

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Mexican X-plainer: Fulano de Tal

You may have noticed that in Spanish, when you don’t know someone’s name, you can call them “Fulano” or “Fulana.” I mean, not to their…

2 min readJun 5, 2023

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Mexican X-plainer: Fulano de Tal

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Harker and the Count: Chapter VII

[previous chapter]

23 min readMay 28, 2023

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Harker and the Count: Chapter VII

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Cuauhtemoc: Last Aztec Emperor

One of the things I loved about writing Secret of the Moon Conch was including historical figures who were in and around the Isle of Mexico…

5 min readMay 25, 2023

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Cuauhtemoc: Last Aztec Emperor

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David Bowles

David Bowles

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A Mexican American author & translator from South Texas. Teaches literature & Nahuatl at UTRGV. VP of the Texas Institute of Letters.

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