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Marina or Malintzin [maˈlintsin] (c. 1500 – c. 1529), more popularly known as La Malinche [la maˈlintʃe], a Nahua woman from the Mexican Gulf Coast, became known for contributing to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–1521), by acting as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés. [1]
Codex Azcatitlan, Hernán Cortés and Malinche (far right), early 16th-century indigenous pictorial manuscript of the conquest of Mexico. Malinchism (Spanish: malinchismo) is a Spanish term is used especially in Mexico to refer to excessive admiration for the culture, ideas, behaviors, and lifestyle of the United States over those native to Latin America. [1]
24 March – Leaders of Potoncan sue Spaniards for peace and gift the Spaniards, 20 slave women. One of the enslaved Nahua woman (known as La Malinche, Doña Marina, Malintze, and Malintzin), is multilingual and will serve as one of the main translators for the expedition. [19]
Jun. 4—Both revered and reviled, La Malinche was an enigmatic figure whose legacy has inspired controversy, legend and adulation since the 16th century. Depending on your point of view, the ...
Aguilar translated from Spanish to Mayan, and La Malinche translated from Mayan to Nahuatl. Malinche became Cortés' translator for both language and culture once she learned Spanish, and she was a key figure in interactions with Nahua rulers. [45] Cortés then sailed from Campeche to Cempoala, a tributary province of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
Natalio Hernández (b. 1947) Nahua poet from Veracruz; Victoriano Huerta, President (Huichol mother) Indio Mariano, rebel leader in Tepic; Luz Jiménez (1897-1965), Nahua storyteller; Benito Juárez, President ; La Malinche, translator of conquistador Hernán Cortés; Modesta Lavana, (1929-2010), Nahua healer
Martín Cortés was born in 1522 in a former Aztec palace in New Spain in what is now Mexico City, Mexico.His father, conquistador Hernán Cortés, and his mother, Malintzin, Cortés's guide, interpreter, and companion, named him Martín after the Roman god of war and Cortés's father.
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