THE RELACIN MERCURINA

Texto antiguo del Nican Mopohua

en Amecameca, Edo. de Mx.
The Relacin Mercurina is a Nahuatl account of the apparitions that was
translated into Spanish by Jos Antonio Prez de la Fuente, a criollo priest and
accomplished nahuatlahto who signed the copy at Amecameca on 6 May 1712.
There is no indication as to why the translation was made or what purpose it
was meant to serve. Similarly the significance of the name remains obscure
more striking is the fact that when the Virgin reveals the name of the
devotion to Juan Bernardino, she orders also that the divine image be
named Santa Maria Tequanihtalopan. The reason for this was not revealed (no
ca in teoyoca tlaixiptlatzintli onmotocayotitzinottini Santa Maria
Tequanihtalopan, amo omitalhuitzino in ipampatillotl). This is the first of only
two known instances of a Nahuatl names being applied to the devotion or the
shrine. It obviously puzzled the nahuatlahto autor, who indicated that he did
not understand its significance. Tequanihtalopan bears a superficial
resemblance to the name tequantlaxopeuh proposed by Becerra Tanco and
may perhaps be a corruption of it. It cannot, however, reflecta n earlier
tradition since no native name was used by anyone who wrote about the
apparitions prior to this time.
From:
STAFFORD Poole, Our Lady of Guadalupe:
The Origins and Sources of a Mexican National Symbol
University of Arizona Press, 1995 - 325 pginas.
pgs.. 172-173
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