LOS MITOS PREHISPÁNICOS Y LOS FENÓMENOS NATURALES EN MESOAMÉRICA

This work studies pre-Hispanic thought on disasters from sources such as codices, whether pre-Hispanic or colonial, because there was a particular interest of ancient Mexicans to record celestial events (comets, solar eclipses). The main objective is to know the discourses and thoughts of Mesoamerican cultures regarding disastrous events and how they were integrated into their religious practices. The mythological history of the Mesoamerican world was many times shaken by various catastrophic destructions. The relationship of the mainly Nahuatl and Mayan cultures with natural phenomena was made through cosmogonic myths and with a cyclical thought in which a series of destruction and rebirth of catastrophic climatic or geological events are part. This work reviews the different ways of understanding and integrating natural phenomena such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and epidemics in Mesoamerican cultures.