Erótica nahuatl
By: Miguel León-Portilla ; grabados de Joel Rendón
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Itinerarios poéticos de México
Publisher: El Colegio Nacional; Artes de México
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Ciudad de México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9786077243007; 9786074612677
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Nahuatl Erotic poetry; Nahuatl poetry
Description: Foremost scholar of Mesoamerican history and culture transcribes, translates and studies 16th-century texts that exemplify presence of erotic elements in thought and culture of Mesoamerican people. Leon Portilla examines La Historia del Tohuenyo (from Madrid Codex); El Canto de las Mujeres de Chalco (from Cantares Mexicanos); Las Querellas del amor (ditto); Nezahualcóyotl y las dos ancianas libidinosas (Florentine Codex); and his own comparison of Greek text describing Aphrodite (from Hedios) and goddess Tlazoltéotl (from Florentine Codex). Accompanied by handsome drawings and prints by acclaimed contemporary printmaker Joel Rendón.
Notes: In Nahuatl, with parallel translation in Spanish.