was consecrated to the flowers. Ancient Mexicans worshiped the flowers as a symbol of the philosophical beauty they wished to reach.
"Therefore, in all the orders of Nahuatl culture, art is always present: we now understand that beauty being the divine; and this in turn true, and genuinely rooted, all Nahuatl philosophical thought revolved around an aesthetic conception of the universe and life. To know the truth was for the tlamatinime to express with flowers and songs the hidden sense of things, just as their own godlike heart allowed them to perceive. The Culture and philosophy metaphors, did not hope to completely unveil the mystery, but made men feel that perhaps beauty is the only real thing." (Miguel Leon Portilla. 1956).
In fact, songs and flowers were the wisdom symbol and the beauty that the old grandparents aspired on their philosophical thought. We must remember that the Supreme divinity did not have a name and that it was called by various poetic metaphors. Similarly, when entering the philosophical abstract thinking world, the metaphorical figures shall saturate reflection spaces of the mysteries of life. The flowers and songs had a relevant place in the Anahuac philosophy.
"Who am I?
I live flying, singer of flowers,
I compose songs,
Butterflies of songs:
sprout from my soul
savor my heart!"
(Ms. Mexican folk song)
Upon reading —fragmented translations— the manuscripts of the Mexican songs, there can be no doubt that the old grandparents structured part of their philosophy (what is currently known) through poetic metaphors. The ontological problem of Being is present in each of the poems.
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