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Chicomóztoc
and the myths
originally
In Mesoamerican civilization it was conceived that the rulers emerged from underground cavities, sometimes these were represented as the head of a feline with open jaws.
In the Nahuatl language chicomoztoc:
'Place of seven caves'
'chicome :, seven; oztotl :, cave; suffix c :, place of '
References to Chicomóztoc come from peoples with Nahua affiliation, other ethnic groups differ from this place of origin.
Chicomóztoc is the birthplace of ancestors, who founded lineages and dynasties of rulers.
It is also the place of origin of the patron deity that protects an altepetl (town and its territory), its devotion is presided over by the natives of Chicomóztoc and gives guidelines to wage war, conquer towns, unify territories, found a manor and grant lands .
"Place of origin of ancestors and deities"
Caves conceived as a feline with an open mouth
Deity of corn inside a cave ("Mountain of the Flower")
San Bartolo, El Petén, Guatemala
Mural painting 100 BC
The king inside the cave ("Mountain of the Flower")
Chalcatzingo, Cerro Goerdo, Morelos, Mexico
Petrogravure 100 BC
Chichimecas leaving the cave ("Mountain of the Flower")
History of the Indies of New Spain, Cuenca de México
European paper, second half of the 16th century
Cave represented as a feline
La Ventana, Tabasco, Mexico
Rock-carved altar 1000 - 600 BC
Jaguar with flower headdress, which is symbolically associated with the concepts of origin, land and fertility
Code Dresden, p.8,
century XVI
Tezcatlipoca, as Tepeyolotl, patron deity of rulers
Vatican Code B, p.28,
century XVI
The routes from Chicomóztoc to the place where a town is founded differ according to the story.
The native groups of Chicomóztoc are also different depending on where the migration testimony was collected.
In the migration accounts, the places that are located after the Chicomóztoc or Coatepec exposures can be located in the Mexican geography. For this reason, it is considered that these sacred hills do not belong to this world, but to a primordial or mythical time and space that cannot be physically accessed.
In Chicomóztoc a New Fire is lit to start a new era, that is to say a new time, as well as to invoke the star deities of war.
In the Map of Cuauhtinchan II the rituals that start a Holy War against Cholula are staged.
The Map of Cuauhtinchan II follows the mythical, mathematical and ceremonial logic of the sacred books, currently known as “divinatory codices”.
Chichimeca Toltec History,
folio 20r.
Fray Diego Duran,
History of the Indies of New Spain and islands of the mainland
Chapter VII.
Chichimeca Toltec History,
folio 20r.
The rituals celebrated in Chicomóztoc revive the beginning of the Sacred War, conserve traits of the cult of Itzpapálotl and the Mimixcoa, invariably in all migration records.
SELDEN ROLL
CODEX AUBIN 1576
CODEX BOTURINI, PLATE IV
In the Map of Cuauhtinchan II the invocation of star deities of war is staged, prior to taking possession of a territory.
Chichimec Toltec tribes of Chicomóztoc who proclaimed a Holy War against Cholula.
Representation of Chicomóztoc in the Map of Cuahutinchan II
The conquest of Cholula