Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This article aims to explain the close relationship between the tonalpohualli, or 260-day ritual calendar, and human gestation, the planet Venus, and humanity. These relationships are anchored in the Nahuatl deity Quetzalcoatl, who is also the inventor of this calendar. The development of this writing first sets out the different proposals on the origin of the tonalpohualli. It then explores the similarities between its 260-day cycle and the human gestation period, as well as the period of Venus. Finally, it establishes, through myths, songs, iconography, and chronicles, the possible connections between this calendar and humankind.
DOI: 10.71112/rjx8jd70
Author: Alejandro Serafín Carrera Arango
Language: English
Subfield: Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4415044280
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