The aim of this work is to approach the strategies of transmitting knowledge of the past among the Nahua of the early Colonial period. The alphabetical sources of that epoch present a specific mix of contemporary European historiography and pre-Hispanic Nahua cultural memory. This article focuses on the second aspect, namely cultural memory that was a constant dialogue between the historical facts and the mythical structures into which these facts were “accommodated” to become culturally meaningful. The article analyzes narratives of two Aztec princesses called Chalchiuhnenetzin. The women named Chalchiuhnenetzin appear in two different historical contexts but, as shown in the analysis, the morphology of both stories and the role played by both women are quite similar. Thus, they can be regarded as examples of cultural re-elaboration of history by predominantly oral cultures.

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Chalchiuhnenetzin——神话与历史之间：这个名字的阿兹特克贵族的象征意义

这项工作的目的是探讨在早期殖民时期的纳瓦人之间传播过去知识的策略。那个时代的字母来源呈现了当代欧洲史学和前西班牙裔纳瓦文化记忆的特定组合。本文关注第二个方面，即文化记忆，它是历史事实与神话结构之间的持续对话，这些事实被“容纳”到其中以具有文化意义。这篇文章分析了两位名叫 Chalchiuhnenetzin 的阿兹特克公主的故事。名为 Chalchiuhnenetzin 的女性出现在两种不同的历史背景中，但如分析所示，这两个故事的形态和两位女性所扮演的角色非常相似。因此，