Sahagún’s Florentine Codex accounts of dreams and omens

Record summary

The Florentine Codex, compiled under Bernardino de Sahagún with Nahua collaborators, records Indigenous accounts of dreams, omens, illness, divination, ritual specialists, and encounters with extraordinary beings. It offers a large comparative corpus for studying how altered experiences were classified and interpreted in Nahua society, including the effects of translation and missionary questioning. The codex is not a transparent preconquest transcript: it reflects collaboration, colonial power, editorial arrangement, and multiple languages. Researchers should identify the specific book and passage before making claims.