Manuscripts and archives division, the new york public library. Nican mopohua complete text in english our lady in spanish. For this reason, the nican mopohua, as the cornerstone document, may appropriately be called the most important document ever produced in nahuatl. Ican mopohua here is the account, in its proper order, of how quite recently, miraculously, there appeared the perfect virgin holy mary, mother of god, our queen, at the tepeyac hill, known as guadalupe.
Virgin holy mary mother of god, our queen, miraculously appeared. Nican mopohua the oldest narrative of the apparitions of. Nican is a critical part of the translation of indigenous cancer research into practice. Nican mopohua here is told and set down in order how a short time ago the perfect virgin holy mary mother of god, our queen, miraculously appeared out at tepeyac, widely known as guadalupe. Relaxing harp music peaceful birds sounds, stress relief music forest light duration. First, she allowed herself to be seen by a little macehual indian, by the name of juan diego. The summary of the text from this book was made by father johann roten, s. Translated from the spanish text of elise dac, with illustrations by fernando leal. Nican mopohua the oldest narrative of the apparitions of our lady of guadalupe english version. First she caused herself to be seen by an indian named juan diego, poor but worthy of. Documents and commentaries from the fourth general conference of latin amer. Nican mopohua here is told and set down in order how a short time ago the perfect. Nican mopohua, the original xvi century guadalupes apparitions story.
Most authorities, including edmundo ogorman, agree on this and. Nican mopohua complete text in english our crystal clear policy nican mopohua. It is probable that the nahuatl manuscript used by lasso was the original by valeriano, which is presently in the new york public library. The autos reflect only spanish christian thinking, while the main characteristic of the nican mopohua is the exceptional blending of the best of two cultures. Nican mopohua here is told and set down in order how a short time ago. Millions of devotees acclaim the nahuatllanguage nican mopohua account of the apparitions of our lady of guadalupe to juan diego as the foundational text. Documentos mestizos sobre las apariciones aci prensa. Nican mopohua the new york public library digital collections. A complete title of the nican mopohua was translated by the librarys edwin b. Nov 05, 2014 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises nican mopohua san antonio vocal arts ensemble guadalupe.
Tonantzin guadalupe y juan diego cuauhtlatoatzin, semillas. Nican mopohua the oldest narrative of the apparitions of our. All written narrations about the apparitions of the lady of guadalupe are inspired by the nican mopohua, or huei tlamahuitzoltica, written in nahuatl, the aztec language, by the indian scholar antonio valeriano around the middle of the sixteenth century. Acattopa quimottititzino ce macehualtzintli itoca juan diego.
Here it is said, the story of the apparition of the virgin of guadalupe. Huei tlamahuicoltica omonexiti in ilhuicac tlatocacihuapilli santa maria totlaconantzin. The second section, the nican mopohua here is recounted constitutes the narrative in nahuatl of the apparitions, including the virgins apparition to st. Ican mopohua here is the account, in its proper order, of how quite recently, miraculously, there appeared the perfect virgin holy mary, mother of god, our. Media in category nican mopohua the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. This blog post focuses on a set of documents long referred to as the. Huei tlamahuicoltica omonexiti in ilhuicac tlatocacihuapilli santa maria totlaconantzin guadalupe in nican huei altepenahuac mexico itocayocan tepeyacac. The account of juan diego and his efforts to carry out the apparitions wishes to build a shrine on the hill is known as the nican mopohua thus it is said, after its opening words, and it has been understood for centuries to be the definitive account of what happened. Nican mopohua, motecpana, in quenin, yancuican, huey tlamahuizoltica, monexiti in cenquizca ichpochtli sancta maria dios inantzin tocihuapillatocatzin, in oncan tepeyacac, motenehua guadalupe. Here is told and set down in order how a short time ago the perfect virgin holy mary mother of god, our queen, miraculously appeared out at tepeyac, nose of the mountain, widely known as guadalupe. English and nahuatl languagestudy version of the nican mopohua, recounting the. A tributary empire a history of the aztecs selected online nahuatl resources on other web sites. He inherited from his ancestors numerous hieroglyphs and documents on the guadalupe tradition, referring to the appearances of the most holy virgin in tepeyac. An aztec folio contains the above items plus some with bilingual spanish text or in english only selected bibliography of useful books.