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Podcast: Tales From Aztlantis
Episode: Episode 2: Hunab Ku, Ometeotl, and the Vocabulary of Conquest
Description: Hunab Ku, Ometeotl, and the Vocabulary of Conquest In 1524, twelve Franciscan missionaries were sent to Mexico from Spain to convert the previously unknown Indigenous people to Catholicism. To help facilitate this, the Spaniards constructed the Colegio de Santa Cruz in Tlatelolco in 1536, where young Indigenous nobles were trained in Catholic doctrine and taught to read and write using the Latin alphabet. These nobles held valuable insight into Mesoamerican cosmovision and helped determine how to manipulate it to serve the missionizing process. These Indigenous aides would often use Mesoamerican vocabulary and concepts when attempting...