Plate 100 — Feasts of the Devil
Artista: Anónimo
Siglo XVI · México
Colección: Libros ilustrados
This 16th-century plate contains a handwritten text documenting indigenous religious rites and customs, likely Mesoamerican, interpreted through a colonial lens as "Fiestas del Demonio" (Feasts of the Devil). The chronicler meticulously describes practices such as fasting, dances, and human sacrifices to deities like Quetzalcoatl, offering an early ethnographic view of the pre-Hispanic worldview. Through this anonymous testimony, the profound cultural and religious confrontation between European observers and native cultures is revealed.
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