2001, Number 1
Perinatol Reprod Hum 2001; 15 (1)
La niñez en Códice Mendocino
De Parres AR
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Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Objective: To show the world of the childhood in Mesoamerica, mainly among the Aztecs, through the analysis of the images, figures or drawings, contents in the third part of the Codex Mendocino. In this the boy´s birth is described or of the girl in a foreordained environment whose cosmic andsocial balance is sustained by a complicated ritual, dedicated to appease the anger of the gods where the chldren carried out an important function: to be sacrificed to avoid catastrophes and the end of the universe.Material and methods: He/she was carried out an ethnohistorical investigation where the agenes is revised that you/they appear the Codex Mendocino and the different interpretations are discussed that appear in documents of the same time.
Results: It starts with the birth of the boy or a girl in a pre-order world with a cosmic and social equilibrium sustained by a complicated ritual destine to calm the anger of the gods and where children had and important role: be sacrificed to avoid catastrophes and the end of the universe. The first image illustrate a woman after birth, her child in the crib, the accoucheur bathing the child for the first time in the presence of the mother (it could represent the child being baptized).
Conclusions: The Codice shows the meager feeding they received as well as the advise (beautiful talk sometimes severe). A strong religious discipline is perceived, love of parents and their expectations, games and rewards, punishments and fears, all around education and religion.
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