The Use of Latin American Mythologies and Beliefs as a Conversion Tactic
The goal of this is to inform people of how Latin American mythology and beliefs have been twisted through the Catholic church to conform them towards the beliefs of the Catholic mythology of Jesus. These techniques were mainly done by recruiting the native people to demonstrate their cultures through art, then translating these images through Codexes, and translating back in a way the natives could understand to indoctrinate Catholicism into their previous traditions. Though there were these more peaceful routes of conversion, force was still used as well by the Spaniards and Franciscans when Cortes arrived. Codex Magliabechiano Excerpt from Codex Magliabechiano, paint on paper, 1529-1553. One of the more famous codexes is the Codex Magliabechiano (excerpt above). This Codex was commissioned by a friar living in the Aztec land to the native artists to fill a book with depictions of their native land, traditions, religion, and calendar system and then had it explained to him (1)