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The Aztec or Mexica calendar is the calendrical system used by the Aztecs as well as other Pre-Columbian peoples of central Mexico. It is one of the Mesoamerican calendars, sharing the basic structure of calendars from throughout the region.
The Aztec sun stone, also called the calendar stone, is on display at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. The calendar consists of a 365-day calendar cycle called Шаблон:Lang (year count), and a 260-day ritual cycle called Шаблон:Lang (day count). These two cycles together form a 52-year "century", sometimes called the "calendar round". The Шаблон:Lang is considered to be the agricultural calendar, since it is based on the sun, and the Шаблон:Lang is considered to be the sacred calendar.
Tōnalpōhualli
The Шаблон:Lang ("day count") consists of a cycle of 260 days, each day signified by a combination of a number from 1 to 13, and one of the twenty day signs. With each new day, both the number and day sign would be incremented: 1. Crocodile is followed by 2. Wind, 3. House, 4. Lizard, and so forth up to 13. Reed. After Reed, the cycle of numbers would restart (though the twenty day signs had not yet been exhausted), resulting in 1. Jaguar, 2. Eagle, and so on, as the days immediately following 13. Reed. This cycle of number and day signs would continue similarly until the 20th week, which would start on 1. Rabbit, and end on 13. Flower. It would take a full 260 days (13×20) for the two cycles (of twenty day signs, and thirteen numbers) to realign and repeat the sequence back to 1. Crocodile.
Day signs
The set of day signs used in central Mexico is identical to that used by Mixtecs, and to a lesser degree similar to those of other Mesoamerican calendars. Each of the day signs bear an association with one of the four cardinal directions.[1][2]
There is some variation in the way the day signs were drawn or carved. Those here were taken from the Шаблон:Lang.
Wind and Rain are represented by images of their associated gods, Шаблон:Lang and Шаблон:Lang respectively.
Other marks on the stone showed the current world, and the worlds before this one. Each world was called a sun, and each sun had its own species of inhabitants. The Aztecs believed that they were in the Fifth Sun, and like all of the suns before them, they would also eventually perish due to their own imperfections. Every 52 years was marked out due to the belief that 52 years was a life cycle and at the end of any given life cycle, the gods could take all they had, and destroy the world.
Шаблон:Lang
The 260 days of the sacred calendar were grouped into twenty periods of 13 days each. Scholars usually refer to these thirteen-day "weeks" as Шаблон:Lang, using a Spanish term derived from Шаблон:Wikt-lang "thirteen" (just as the Spanish term Шаблон:Wikt-lang "dozen" is derived from Шаблон:Wikt-lang "twelve"). The original Nahuatl term was "in cencalli tonalli" (a family of days), according to Book IV of the Florentine Codex.
Each Шаблон:Lang is named according to the calendar date of the first day of the 13 days in that Шаблон:Lang. In addition, each of the twenty Шаблон:Lang in the 260-day cycle had its own tutelary deity:
Шаблон:Lang | Deity | Шаблон:Lang | Deity |
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1 Crocodile | Шаблон:Lang | 1 Monkey | Шаблон:Lang |
1 Jaguar | Шаблон:Lang | 1 Lizard | Шаблон:Lang |
1 Deer | Шаблон:Lang | 1 Quake | Шаблон:Lang |
1 Flower | Шаблон:Lang | 1 Dog | Шаблон:Lang |
1 Reed | Шаблон:Lang | 1 House | Шаблон:Lang |
1 Death | Шаблон:Lang | 1 Vulture | Шаблон:Lang |
1 Rain | Шаблон:Lang | 1 Water | Шаблон:Lang |
1 Grass | Шаблон:Lang | 1 Wind | Шаблон:Lang |
1 Snake | Шаблон:Lang | 1 Eagle | Шаблон:Lang |
1 Flint | Шаблон:Lang | 1 Rabbit | Шаблон:Lang |
Шаблон:Lang
Шаблон:Lang is the Aztec year (Шаблон:Wikt-lang) count (Шаблон:Wikt-lang). One year consists of 360 named days and 5 nameless (Шаблон:Lang). These 'extra' days are thought to be unlucky. The year was broken into 18 periods of twenty days each, sometimes compared to the Julian month. The Nahuatl word for moon is Шаблон:Lang but whatever name was used for these periods is unknown. Through Spanish usage, the 20-day period of the Aztec calendar has become commonly known as a Шаблон:Lang.
Each 20-day period started on Шаблон:Lang (Crocodile) for which a festival was held. The eighteen Шаблон:Lang are listed below. The dates are from early eyewitnesses; each wrote what they saw. Шаблон:Lang's date precedes the observations of Шаблон:Lang by several decades and is before recent to the surrender. Both are shown to emphasize the fact that the beginning of the Native new year became non-uniform as a result of an absence of the unifying force of Шаблон:Lang after the Mexica defeat.
Veintenas of the xiuhpōhualli
# | Glyph | Name | Gregorian range | Presiding deities | |
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1 | Файл:MetzliAtlca.jpg | ātl cāhualo (“the water ceases”) cuahuitl ēhua (“the trees rise”) |
Mar 01–Mar 20 | Feb 02–Feb 21 | Water gods |
2 | Файл:MetzliTlaca.jpg | tlācaxīpēhualiztli (“flaying of men”) | Mar 21–Apr 09 | Feb 22–Mar 13 | Xipe Totec |
3 | Файл:MetzliToz.jpg | tōzōztōntli (“lesser vigil”) | Apr 10–Apr 29 | Mar 14–Apr 02 | Tlaloc |
4 | Файл:MetzliToz2.jpg | huēyi tōzōztli (“greater vigil”) | Apr 30–May 19 | Apr 03–Apr 22 | Cinteotl |
5 | Файл:MeztliToxcatl.jpg | toxcatl (“dryness”) | May 20–Jun 08 | Apr 23–May 12 | Tezcatlipoca |
6 | Файл:MeztliEtzal.jpg | etzalcualiztli (“eating of cooked maize and beans”) | Jun 09–Jun 28 | May 13–Jun 01 | Tlaloque |
7 | Файл:MeztliTecu.jpg | tēcuilhuitōntli (“lesser feast day”) | Jun 29–Jul 18 | Jun 02–Jun 21 | Huixtocihuatl |
8 | Файл:MeztliHTecu.jpg | huēyi tēcuilhuitōntli (“greater feast day”) | Jul 19–Aug 07 | Jun 22–Jul 11 | Xilonen |
9 | Файл:MeztliMicc.jpg | tlaxōchimaco (“giving of flowers”) miccāilhuitōntli (“lesser feast day of the dead”) |
Aug 08–Aug 27 | Jul 12–Jul 31 | Huitzilopochtli |
10 | Файл:MeztliMiccH.jpg | xocotl huetzi (“the xocotl falls”) huēyi miccāilhuitl (“greater feast day of the dead”) |
Aug 28–Sep 16 | Aug 01–Aug 20 | Xiuhtecuhtli |
11 | Файл:MeztliOch.jpg | ochpaniztli (“sweeping”) | Sep 17–Oct 06 | Aug 21–Sep 09 | Teteo Innan |
12 | Файл:MeztliTeo.jpg | teōtlehco (“the gods arrive”) | Oct 07–Oct 26 | Sep 10–Sep 29 | All the gods |
13 | Файл:MeztliTep.jpg | tepēilhuitl (“feast day of mountains”) | Oct 27–Nov 15 | Sep 30–Oct 19 | Mountains |
14 | Файл:MeztliQue.jpg | quechōlli (“roseate spoonbill”) | Nov 16–Dec 05 | Oct 20–Nov 8 | Mixcoatl |
15 | Файл:MeztliPanq.jpg | panquetzaliztli (“raising of banners”) | Dec 06–Dec 25 | Nov 09–Nov 28 | Huitzilopochtli |
16 | Файл:MetzliAtem.jpg | ātemoztli (“descent of water”) | Dec 26–Jan 14 | Nov 29–Dec 18 | Rain gods |
17 | Файл:MeztliTitl.jpg | tititl (“tightening,” “contraction”) | Jan 15–Feb 03 | Dec 19–Jan 07 | Tonan |
18 | Файл:MeztliIzcalli.jpg | izcalli (“offshoot,” “bud”) | Feb 04–Feb 23 | Jan 08–Jan 27 | Xiuhtecuhtli |
– | Файл:MeztliNem.jpg | nēmontēmi (“they fill up in vain”); Not a veintena, 5-day complementary period |
Feb 24–Feb 28 | Jan 28–Feb 01 | None |
Xiuhmolpilli
The ancient Mexicans counted their years by means of four signs combined with thirteen numbers, thus obtaining periods of 52 years,[3] which are commonly known as Xiuhmolpilli, a popular but incorrect generic name; the most correct Nahuatl word for this cycle is Xiuhnelpilli.[4] The table with the current years:
Tlalpilli Tochtli | Tlalpilli Acatl | Tlalpilli Tecpatl | Tlalpilli Calli |
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1 tochtli / 1974 | 1 acatl / 1987 | 1 tecpatl / 2000 | 1 calli / 2013 |
2 acatl / 1975 | 2 tecpatl / 1988 | 2 calli / 2001 | 2 tochtli / 2014 |
3 tecpatl / 1976 | 3 calli / 1989 | 3 tochtli / 2002 | 3 acatl / 2015 |
4 calli / 1977 | 4 tochtli / 1990 | 4 acatl / 2003 | 4 tecpatl / 2016 |
5 tochtli / 1978 | 5 acatl / 1991 | 5 tecpatl / 2004 | 5 calli / 2017 |
6 acatl / 1979 | 6 tecpatl / 1992 | 6 calli / 2005 | 6 tochtli / 2018 |
7 tecpatl / 1980 | 7 calli / 1993 | 7 tochtli / 2006 | 7 acatl / 2019 |
8 calli / 1981 | 8 tochtli / 1994 | 8 acatl / 2007 | 8 tecpatl / 2020 |
9 tochtli / 1982 | 9 acatl / 1995 | 9 tecpatl / 2008 | 9 calli / 2021 |
10 acatl / 1983 | 10 tecpatl / 1996 | 10 calli / 2009 | 10 tochtli / 2022 |
11 tecpatl / 1984 | 11 calli / 1997 | 11 tochtli / 2010 | 11 acatl / 2023 |
12 calli / 1985 | 12 tochtli / 1998 | 12 acatl / 2011 | 12 tecpatl / 2024 |
13 tochtli / 1986 | 13 acatl / 1999 | 13 tecpatl / 2012 | 13 calli / 2025 |
Reconstruction of the Solar calendar
For many centuries scholars had tried to reconstruct the Calendar. A widely accepted version was proposed by Professor Шаблон:Lang of the Шаблон:Lang,[5] based on the studies of Шаблон:Lang and Шаблон:Lang of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His correlation argues that the first day of the Mexica year was February 13 of the old Julian calendar or February 23 of the current Gregorian calendar. Using the same count, it has been the date of the birth of Шаблон:Lang, the end of the year and a cycle or "Tie of the Years", and the New Fire Ceremony, day-sign Шаблон:Lang of the year Шаблон:Lang,[6] corresponding to the date February 22. A correlation by independent researcher Ruben Ochoa interprets pre-Columbian codices, to reconstruct the calendar, while ignoring most primary colonial sources that contradict this idea, using a method that proposes to connect the year count to the vernal equinox and placing the first day of the year on the first day after the equinox.[7]
In this regard, José Genaro Emiliano Medina Ramos, a senior native nahua philosopher from San Lucas Atzala in the state of Puebla, proposes a multidisciplinary calendar reconstruction in náhuatl (‘centro de Puebla’ variant) according with his own nahua cosmosvision;[8] and relying precisely on Ochoa's smart correlation and on Tena's presuppositions as well. His proposal was translated to Spanish and English, and codified as an academic webpage in 2023.[9]
See also
Notes
References
- Шаблон:Cite web
- Шаблон:Cite book
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https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/01/features-vita-zelia-nuttall links
- The Aztec Calendar - Ancient History Encyclopedia
- Шаблон:In lang Detailed description of the temalacatl from Mexico's Шаблон:Lang
- Daily Aztec Calendar
- Aztec Calendar Ruben Ochoa Correlation
- tlahtolcuepalli itech tonalamatl gregoriano itech mexihca tonalamatl / Convertidor calendario gregoriano -> sistema calendárico mexica / Gregorian calendar -> mexica calendrical system converter
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ Tena, 2008: 103. There he shows us a table.
- ↑ Tena, 2008:9.
- ↑ The Mexica Calendar and the Chronography, Rafael Tena. INAH-CONACULTA. 2008
- ↑ Crónica Mexicayotl, Fernando Alvarado Tezozomoc p 36
- ↑ Azteca/Mexica Calendar Correlations: the Good, the Bad, and the Completely Useless, Itztli Ehecatl. http://www.calmecacanahuac.com/blog/calendar/aztecamexica-calendar-correlations-the-good-the-bad-and-the-completely-useless/. 2015
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web