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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

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

Revolutionary Nahuatl, Part II

November 2024.

Dec 21, 2024

Revolutionary Nahuatl, Part II

Dec 21, 2024

Resistance in 15th-Century Mesoamerica

In my novel of historical fiction The Prince & the Coyote, I show the exiled crown prince of Tetzcoco grappling philosophically with his…

Nov 27, 2024

Resistance in 15th-Century Mesoamerica

Nov 27, 2024

Community, Family, Identity: Autobiographical Reflections

Nov 4, 2024

Community, Family, Identity: Autobiographical Reflections

Nov 4, 2024

Nahuatl Note: “Teotl” vs. “god”

You may have read people making the claim that pre-Spanish Invasion Nahua peoples (Mexica and other “Aztecs” as well as their rivals in…

Oct 22, 2024

Nahuatl Note: “Teotl” vs. “god”

Oct 22, 2024

Nahuatl Note: “Tlahtoani” vs. “king”

When writing about or discussing Nahua society before the Spanish invasion, one invariably is faced with the question of how to deal with…

Oct 20, 2024

Nahuatl Note: “Tlahtoani” vs. “king”

Oct 20, 2024

Only Our Story Survives

The twenty-fourth cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España…

Jul 5, 2024

Only Our Story Survives

Jul 5, 2024

I Will Pick the Lovely Blooms

The twenty-third cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España…

Jun 27, 2024

I Will Pick the Lovely Blooms

Jun 27, 2024

Burst Open, Escaping

The twenty-second cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España.

Jun 24, 2024

Burst Open, Escaping

Jun 24, 2024

Shroud Yourselves

The twenty-first cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España.

Jun 21, 2024

Shroud Yourselves

Jun 21, 2024

Inscribe Our Names

The twentieth cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España. It…

Jun 12, 2024

Inscribe Our Names

Jun 12, 2024

Refugee

The nineteenth cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España. It…

Jun 11, 2024

Refugee

Jun 11, 2024

To Tezcatlipoca

The eighteenth cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España. It…

Jun 9, 2024

To Tezcatlipoca

Jun 9, 2024

The Words of Nezahualcoyotl

The seventeenth cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España…

Jun 9, 2024

The Words of Nezahualcoyotl

Jun 9, 2024

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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