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The hidden memory : Sacred bundles among Indians of Central Mexico (ХVth-ХVIth centuries). The sacred bundles {tlaquimilolli in nahuatl) consist in relics, once abandonned by the gods, and they were worshipped in Central Mexico during the Post-Classic period, later on in the whole of Mesoamerica. Historical and mythical documents tell how native peoples obtained them, sometimes describing their contents as well as their usage and the cults dedicated to them. As an image of the tutelary divinity, the sacred bundle would contain objects which were testimonials of the group's history. In Mexico-Tenochtitlan, the tlaquimilolli of Tezcatlipoca and Huitzilopochtli played an important part in the inauguration ceremonies of the new king, who, on this occasion, symbolically died and was reborn.

Après une brève descriptio n des rites préliminaires à la chasse et des techniques cynégétiques, cet a rticle prétend établir un para llèle entre les cerfs chassés el les guerriers capturés et sacrifiés. De même, certains aspects des rites d 'intronisation suggèrent que le futur ro i était assimilé à une victime sacrificielle suivant un modèle qui pourrait renvoyer à celui du cerf immolé, peut-être en tant qu'ancêtrc. [Mots-clés : Mésoamérique, cerf, chasse, sacrifice, intronisation.] El 1•e11ado y el rey: 111ode/o sacrificial y rito de e11tro11izaci<'m e11 el México a11tig110. Después de una breve descripcion de los ritos previos a la caceria y de las técnicas cinegéticas, este articulo µretende establecer un paralelo entre los venados cazados y los guerreros capturados y sacrificados. Asi mismo, algunos aspectos de los ritos de entronizaciôn sugieren que el futuro rey era concebido como una victima sacrificial, scgim un modclo que podria remitir al del venado inmolado, lai vez en su aspeclo de an tepasado. (Palabras claves : Mesoamérica, vcnado, caccria, sacrificio, cnlronizacion.) The deer a11d the king: sacrificial 111odel and e11thro11111e11t rite i11 A11cie11t Mexico. After a brief description o f the rituals previous to hunting a nd the cynegctic techniques, this article prclends to cstablish a parallel between lrn nted deers and captured a nd sacrified wa rriors. As well , some aspects of the enthromnent rites s uggcst lhat the future king was assimilatcd to a sacrified victim, acco rding to a mode! who could refer to an immo lated cleer, may be in ils ancestor aspect.