El Día De Muertos Flashcards
Huichol Indians orgin
-from Mexico isolated for centuries
How is the Sierra Madre split?
- Eastern mountain range
- Western mountain range
How would Aztecs expand?
They would give the choice to their enemy to either join them or die.
Who did the Aztecs believe in?
Quetzal coatl
How did they believe Quetzal coatl would return?
In the flesh (as a human)
What did the Aztecs believe in?
- a deity would return from the East
What is the Aztec language?
Nahuatl
What does Quetzal coatl mean?
Feathered Serpent
What would the feathered serpent god be in charge of?
Lightning & thunder
What did Spain find out that Mexico has?
Gold
Who found out that Mexico has gold?
Hernán Cortés
Who was Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Where did Cortés come from?
The Gulf from the Eastern waters
What was considered a sacred animal?
Jaguar
What did Cortés bring to Mexico?
Large horses with musketeers
Who did people think Hernán Cortés was?
Aztecs thought he was Quetzal coatl
What led to the fall of the Aztecs?
Giving all their gold to Cortés
What did Spanish missionaries convert Aztecs to?
Catholicism
What is Chicunamictlán?
Huichol believed that it’s the land of the dead that has 9 levels
What is the last level of Chicunamictlán?
Mictlán
What did the Aztecs do to help them reach the final stage
- celebrated the dead by providing ofrendas
Goddess of death
Mictecacihuatl
How did the holiday change after the conversion?
It continued after conversion but was made shorter
What days are all saints and all souls?
November 1st All Saints Day
November 2nd All Souls Day
