The Historia de Tlaxcala and Indigenous accounts of sacred origins
- Date of account
- Late 16th century, especially c. 1580s–1590s
- Location
- Tlaxcala, central Mexico
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Diego Muñoz Camargo’s Historia de Tlaxcala combines Tlaxcalan origin traditions, migration narratives, political history, religious description, and an account of the Spanish conquest. Its treatment of ancestors, sacred places, migration, and the transition between mythic and historical time provides material for boundary-crossing comparison. The work was produced for colonial authorities and shaped by Tlaxcalan political interests, including the community’s alliance with the Spaniards. Surviving versions and related visual records differ, so its representation of pre-conquest tradition must be reconstructed critically.
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