The real significance of the nican mopohua held at the new york public library is its possible date of authorship. Nican mopohua here is told and set down in order how a short time ago the perfect virgin holy mary mother of god, our queen, miraculously appeared out at tepeyac, widely known as guadalupe. Nican mopohua the oldest narrative of the apparitions of. The nican mopohua is a nahuatl version of the most important otherworldly vision from spanish america. The second section, the nican mopohua here is recounted constitutes the narrative in nahuatl of the apparitions, including the virgins apparition to st. Descargar nican mopohua y muchas otras obras en pdf, doc, y demas gratis. But he is most well known as the author of the famous account, written in nahuatl, of the apparition of our lady of guadalupe, the nican mopohua. Descarga libro tonantzin guadalupe pensamiento nahuatl y.
All written narrations about the apparitions of the lady of guadalupe are inspired by the nican mopohua, or huei tlamahuitzoltica, written in nahuatl, the aztec language, by the indian scholar antonio valeriano around the middle of the sixteenth century. Scholars contend it may be the earliest written version of the account of juan diego and the occurrences at the hill of tepeyac. Translated from the spanish text of elise dac, with illustrations by fernando leal. Ican mopohua here is the account, in its proper order, of how quite recently, miraculously, there appeared the perfect virgin holy mary, mother of god, our. Documentos mestizos sobre las apariciones aci prensa. Nican mopohua complete text in english nican mopohua. Nican mopohua, motecpana, in quenin, yancuican, huey tlamahuizoltica, monexiti in cenquizca ichpochtli sancta maria dios inantzin tocihuapillatocatzin, in oncan tepeyacac, motenehua guadalupe. Most authorities, including edmundo ogorman, agree on this and. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Nican mopohua complete text in english our lady in spanish. It is considered a masterpiece of nahuatl literature and was written by don antonio valeriano see. The summary of the text from this book was made by father johann roten, s. History of our lady of guadalupe nican mopohua crossroads.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading tonantzin guadalupe. Buy nican mopohua by michael jenison ebook online at lulu. Ican mopohua here is the account, in its proper order, of how quite recently, miraculously, there appeared the perfect virgin holy mary, mother of god, our queen, at the tepeyac hill, known as guadalupe. He served as the governorjudge of his hometown, acapotzalto, as well as tenochtitlan.
Nican mopohua, the original xvi century guadalupes apparitions story. Nican mopohua the oldest narrative of the apparitions of our lady of guadalupe english version. When full caps are used in thenican mopohua this signals dialog. Tonantzin guadalupe y juan diego cuauhtlatoatzin, semillas. Nican mopohua here is told and set down in order how a short time ago the perfect virgin holy may mother of god, our queen, miraculously. According to the published narrative, the virgin mary asked juan diego to build her a shrine on the hill of tepeyac near mexico city and imprinted her image on his cloak, or tilma, as evidence of her wish. Regrettably, no original copy of his text survives.