28 janvier 2020
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Anne-Marie Vié-Wohrer, « Summary », Centro de estudios mexicanos y centroamericanos, ID : 10.4000/books.cemca.6838
Xipe Totec, “our Lord, the flayed” is a deity frequently represented in the pictographic manuscripts as well as in the statuary. Its ritual, the Tlacaxipehualiztli, a spectacular pageant which was given every year in its honour has been subject to much discussion and interpretations. The present publication does not pretend to offer a “new” interpretation, but focuses on a basic aspect, closer to the prehispanic reality, which has been rather neglected, the aspect of its representation. We th...