But, most of the (at the time of the conquista) conteporary prehispanic mythologies (late post classic period) were not completely lost, we know quite a bit about them, actually. even some spaniards attempted to preserve and study that knowledge (church folk). A lot of it , predominarily mexica lore and traditions got incorporated into catholicism in a process known as syncretism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism
We did lose tonnes of artifacts (gold and silver stuff), art, and architecture, though.
So I’m gonna specifically suggest the Teotihuacan civilization that existed during the mesoamerican classical period. They predated the mexica people (aztecs) but their temples and other vestiges of their culture were found by the aztecs and incorporated into their own mythology.
But, most of the (at the time of the conquista) conteporary prehispanic mythologies (late post classic period) were not completely lost, we know quite a bit about them, actually. even some spaniards attempted to preserve and study that knowledge (church folk). A lot of it , predominarily mexica lore and traditions got incorporated into catholicism in a process known as syncretism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretism
We did lose tonnes of artifacts (gold and silver stuff), art, and architecture, though.
So I’m gonna specifically suggest the Teotihuacan civilization that existed during the mesoamerican classical period. They predated the mexica people (aztecs) but their temples and other vestiges of their culture were found by the aztecs and incorporated into their own mythology.
Still to this day, we don’t know much about them.
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