By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2014 Edition On taking up the reins of government Montezuma had married this lady to one of his most illustrious servants, the governor of Tlatelulco, and after his death it would appear that she continued to exercise his almost vice regal functions and to reside in his palace. In course […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2014 Edition The Aztec New Year arrives in Springtime rather than the beginning of the Western Year and is determined each year by the ancient Aztec calendar. Generally, the New Year occurs at sunrise somewhere around the 12th March and is celebrated in outlying Nahuatl villages. At that time pine […]
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By Manzanillo Sub Writer from the February 2014 Edition We are in Manzanillo and Freda had me take her to some friend’s where I got into it with Eduardo and then Manolo not so much about the Mythology of the Aztecs but its origins and the Aztec themselves. I would have gladly continued this month with the […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the January 2014 Edition I am 67 and, as most people my age, have seen death take friends, family, and strangers both peacefully or with violence. We each get involved to some extent or other depending on the many aspects of each death. We’re told by highly educated people that dwelling […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the December 2013 Edition What is fact is that the civilization of the Tecpanecs had a war and overcame the Acolhuans of Tezcuco. This happened around 108 CE and both civilizations became parts of a triad formed in the 1400’s in the Mexico City valley which became home to the Aztec […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the November 2013 Edition The following is a brief extract of a treatise published in September 1995 by Alejandro Melchor. His entire paper is a lot more than can ever be put here but in honor of this month containing the Day of The Dead what better way to convey the start of […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the November 2013 Edition (pronounced ‘Meek-teka-see-wahdl’or ‘Meek-teka-kee-wadl’) This Aztec Goddess is known as “the Lady of the Dead” or the Queen of “Mictlan”. She was the caretaker of the bones of the dead. The holiday to celebrate the Goddess by the pre-Hispanic peoples of the land now known as Mexico, lasted […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the October 2013 Edition By Clive Cussler My friends know me to be an avid reader. Since my retirement I’ve spent a fortune in new books mostly in the “Mind Candy” arena. My vacation from reading great words of wisdom and great literary works has allowed me to venture into the […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the September 2013 Edition I find it a little ironic that I am entitling this series in Roman Numerals. A numbering system which did not recognize ‘zero’ as a number place and required a little subtraction and addition just to read an existing number (or numeral) without or before doing […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the August 2013 Edition I have been putting this series together for a number of months with the help of friends both of Anglo and of Hispanic heritage. There has arisen a discussion as to the rightfulness of the northern Mexican border, its acquisition, and placement geographically. I have found […]
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