Mitos e íconos de la ruptura del Eje Cósmico: un glifo toponímico de las piedras de Tízoc y del Ex-Arzobispado

Abstract

In the study of Mesoamerican iconography we need to distinguish between icons that refer to the sensory perception of an object and those that denote a conceptual apprehension of it. Among the second class of icons we often find representations of the components of the cosmic apparatus, among them the Sacred Mountain or the Flowering Tree. In the Mexica monoliths known as the Tízoc Stone and the Stone from the old Archbishopric, there is a group of place-name glyphs. One of them, seen on both monuments, transcends this character, since it reproduces a mythic scene in which the rupture of the Cosmic Axis is represented in the form of the breaking apart of the Sacred Mountain. This article discusses the iconographic and historical implications of this glyph