Истории Tenochtitlan

A book series that will take Aztec mythology and Mexico's greatest legends and make them part of an amazing story worthy of reading. This story will be following the epic adventures of Jorge Reyes and the heroes that will make an immense impact on how the Aztec pantheon was viewed. Gods, shifters, monsters, flashbacks and plottwists are only a few of the things this story will have so your interest gets caught. Without further ado, enjoy this story!

Un cuento corto sobre una peculiar versión de la fundación de Tenochtitlán desde el punto de vista de una descendiente de una familia indígena de clase media-baja promedio.

After Columbus discovered a new continent, life in Europe changed completely. The new land provided Europeans with various opportunities. During the age of Discovery, conquistadors-explorer-soldiers- sailed beyond Europe, colonizing territories and opening new trade routes. The Conquistador's Story is a book based on real-life events during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. This isn't just a story about war, plunder and love. Here, you will witness the meeting of two cultures, each at a different stage of development. Two religions, two cultures and two societies will collide for the first time. The story follows Diego, an honest and bright young man, as he encounters historical figures who played a role in this conquest. Will he be blinded by the gold and fame this expedition offers, or will his morals prevail? Join him on his journey and discover this remarkable story.

Perhaps the saddest thing about the Calusa tribe is the fact that they have disappeared. This successful tribe that controlled most of Southwest Florida, and probably more lands, for at least hundreds of years, simply no longer exists. There are no Calusa reservations, nor are there even any people claiming to be of Calusa descent. When I visit the historical sites in SW Florida and walk over the ancient shells mounds and along the routes of their now filled-in canals, the sad silence always gets to me. These places were once vibrant, healthy communities filled with people skilled in hunting and engineering. They mastered the Florida landscape with none of today's machines or technologies. Mound Key, once the home of the Calusa Kings, is one of the most striking examples. Unless you know what it is, it looks no different from an y of the other islands in Estero Bay. You can't see the two large shell mounds, approximately 30 feet high, in the center of the island. In fact, the entire island is manmade. At some of the other sites, people have destroyed the Calusa shell mounds, using the sand and other fill materials for their own construction projects. Sadly, some of these mounds are barely noticeable as raised plots of ground. In 1763, the few remaining Calusa families and their king left Estero Bay and never returned. Some reports state they went to Key West and even as far as Cuba, but historians seem unanimous on reporting that most of the tribe died during this period. Other reports claim some of the Calusas joined the Seminole tribe and that their descendants were recognizable by their height. I do wonder if today's advancements in DNA detection could identify people with Calusa blood. That would really be something. Join me on my Substack newsletter for more details: https://granger.substack.com/

The year is 1483 AD, ten years before Christopher Columbus's famous voyage to America. In Aztlan, the Aztecs have suffered significant changes in their social and religious climates. Under the weyitlatoani Moctezuma, Aztecs ceased sacrificing those that share their faith and began a renewed focus on education, prosperity, and the discovery and conquering of new lands. With this new focus came new ventures, and a floating city was built to sail across the seas in search of adventure and led by divine guidance. Eventually, this floating city would reach the shores of Portugal. The Portuguese were wrought with their own struggles at this time. The land was flooded with refugees who had fled the Reconquista and more who fled the looming Inquisition in the neighboring kingdom of Castile. The newly crowned Portuguese king, Joao II, was obsessed with the sea and the discoveries waiting across unknown waters. He dreamt of building Portugal into a new maritime superpower, but the kingdom's coffers were dry, and to rebuild the treasury, he turned to the wealthy landowners, forcefully ridding them of their property to support the building of new ships and funding voyages. At the time of our tale, Joao II has decided to strike against the wealthiest and most influential dynasty in Portugal, the House of Braganza. Duke Ferdinand II de Braganza was an influential advocate of new liberal ideals growing in Portugal and dreamt of building a new parliamentary democracy based on the Portuguese Cortes. When Joao II makes his move, de Braganza has no choice but to organize a rebellion and strike back. In this alternative historical fiction, the worlds of medieval Europe and Aztec civilization meet and clash, illuminating many questions for all ages.

This story is about an underwater world in the canals of the ancient city of Tenochtitlan. When the Aztecs settled the Valley of Mexico in the 13th century, they found a large salamander living in the lake surrounding the island where they built their capital, Tenochtitlán. They called the salamander "axolotl" after Xolotl, their god of fire and lightning. Xolotl was said to have transformed into a salamander, among other forms, to avoid being sacrificed so the sun and moon could move in the sky. He was eventually captured and killed. In this story an Aztec boy found the axolotl, a god in a living body.