ture identity (Gonzales, 1980, p. 241).
According to Mexican historicity, then, the Spanish conquistadors were successful only because of the traitorous aid of Malinche, a Nahua princess who despised the Aztecs. Malinche, renamed Do±a Marina by Cortes, both advised him on how to defeat the Aztec Empire - and was his mistress. It is a classic "Eve" tale: Knowledge (= Sex) leading to The Fall. Yet, following The Fall there is also a historicity of "redemption." After the Conquest, the symbol of an independent Mexico was idealized in Our Lady of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe was a vision/ miracle involving the maternal Virgin Mary, who appeared to an Indian believer during the early colonial period (sometimes fudged into a mestizo). It is important to note that, for the purposes of Mexican historicity, the Blessed
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