El Divino Narciso

Loa to Divine Narcissus

AuthorSor Juana Inés de la Cruz

LanguageSpanish

Year1689

CountrySpain

GenreDrama / Theatre / Plays

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Loa to Divine Narcissus is an allegorical play written by the Mexican writer Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, an important literary figure of the Spanish colonial period. The play was first published in 1689. The work is considered a loa, a short theatrical piece related to the longer auto sacramental. This loa is a commentary on historical events involving indigenous Aztec inhabitants and Spanish colonists. The Divine Narcissus is ambiguous not only because the Spanish do not openly explain their objectives to the native population, but also because the story equates the Christian Eucharist to Aztec sacrifice.— Wikipedia