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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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Songs of the Lords of Anahuac

The codex called Romances de los señores de la Nueva España, usually translated Ballads of the Lords of New Spain, consists of forty-two…

May 12, 2024

Songs of the Lords of Anahuac

May 12, 2024

Revolutionary Nahuatl, Part IV

Macamo xicmacahua inic mitzpatcazqueh in ahtlacah. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.

3d ago

Revolutionary Nahuatl, Part IV

3d ago

Sex, Romance, Queerness, and Gender in Classical Nahuatl

When I started studying Nahuatl almost twenty years ago, I noticed—as a queer man—that most analyses of Nahuatl vocabulary concerning…

Jul 8

Sex, Romance, Queerness, and Gender in Classical Nahuatl

Jul 8

La formación de sustantivos compuestos en el náhuatl clásico

En náhuatl clásico, una lengua aglutinante de la familia yuto-nahua, los sustantivos compuestos se forman principalmente mediante la…

Jun 3

La formación de sustantivos compuestos en el náhuatl clásico

Jun 3

The Matron: A New Horror Icon

A cutting miniseries for our times—at the intersection of socially conscious drama, folk horror, and slasher aesthetics—the first issues of…

Feb 22

The Matron: A New Horror Icon

Feb 22

Revolutionary Nahuatl, Part III

December 2024.

Feb 17

Revolutionary Nahuatl, Part III

Feb 17

Pre-Invasion Nahuas and the Gulf of Mexico

You may have seen a meme suggesting that we start calling the Gulf of Mexico “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl,” as that is what Indigenous peoples of…

Feb 15

Pre-Invasion Nahuas and the Gulf of Mexico

Feb 15

The Gulf of Mexico: Ayollohco Mexihco

In Nahuatl, the Gulf of Mexico is Ayollohco Mexihco.

Feb 11

The Gulf of Mexico: Ayollohco Mexihco

Feb 11

“The Midday Witch” by K. J. Erben

The poem “The Midday Witch” (“Polednice”) was written by Czech folklorist and poet Karel Jaromír Erben in 1834. It was included in his 1853…

Feb 1

“The Midday Witch” by K. J. Erben

Feb 1

Finding Hope and Balance

This piece was originally published in Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene: Imagining Futures and Dreaming Hope in Literature and Media…

Jan 30

Finding Hope and Balance

Jan 30

David Bowles

David Bowles

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

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