La disolución del ser y la transitoriedad de lo existente en los mitos necrogénicos del pueblo mexica

The results of an anthropological study on the Aztec beliefs related to death and post-mortem destiny are presented. In general, it addresses funeral rituals and the places where the deceased went. The cult of the dead in the pre-Hispanic period faded over time, although there are testimonies that reflect a link with their ideas about the cosmos and life. Despite the fact that these present contradictory or dissimilar information, they suggest that the Aztec people considered death as part of life itself and that conduct did not count in determining where one went after death but rather the cause of death. They believed in four destinations: Cincalco, Tonatiuhichan, Tlalocan and Mictlán. From a transdisciplinary approach, possible meanings of their necrogenic myths are analyzed. It questions whether the ultimate purpose of death consists of the absolute end or the continuity of life like other existing ones; If his vision of the cosmos cannot be understood under the principle of identity because at times life is death and vice versa; and if it is possible to identify Aztlán with Tlaltípac and this as the center, the “region of mystery” where it is not possible to know anything about it, where everything “ends up being born” because life begins, but does not end with death.