Before Guadalupe: The Virgin Mary in Early Colonial Nahuatl Literature

By Louise M. Burkhart

The introduction of the Virgin Mary to the Nahuas (or Aztecs) of Central Mexico has often been linked with the origins of the Mexican devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. However, the Guadalupe devotion... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942041216
• ISBN13: 9780942041217
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Institute for Mesoamerican Studies
• Length: 173 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A Review of Nahuatl Literature

Burkhart's book is a collection of Nahuatl manuscripts with English translations that deal with the Virgin Mary prior to the development of the Guadalupe cult. Burkhart provides an interesting introduction and postscript to place matters in context. The book does not, however, really contain much information on the development of the Guadalupe cult. The reason for this is that there were virtually no Nahuatl materials dealing with Guadalupe until the mid seventeenth century. For the full story on Guadalupe, see Stafford Poole's book "Our Lady of Guadalupe."