Re-thinking the Nahua Primordial Titles of the Early and Mid-Colonial Mexico

The prime aspects in Nahua social memory and cultural heritage are manifested through a whole set of recurring representations that are identifiable in the indigenous colonial sources, in general, and in one unique genre, the so-called Primordial Titles (Títulos primordiales), in particular. The speech highlights how the decoding of the distinct features of the indigenous social memory embedded in these and similar textscan help to reveal the symbolic-mythological and divine stock of Nahua elements and essences.

Amos Megged is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in the Department of History at the University of Haifa. He specializes in ethnohistory of the indigenous groups of Central Mexico.