La Malinche

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La Malinche was a Nahua woman who served as Hernán Cortés’s interpreter, advisor, and intermediary, playing a pivotal role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
La Malinche canonical 9
Malintzin 5
Doña Marina 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nahua woman
advisor
cultural intermediary
historical figure
indigenous person of the Americas
interpreter
slave
translator
associatedWith Aztec Empire
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquest of Mexico
Tlaxcala
birthPlace region of the Gulf Coast of Mexico
child Martín Cortés (son of Hernán Cortés)
convertedFrom indigenous Mesoamerican religion
culture Mesoamerican
derivedFrom La Malinche
ethnicity Nahua
gender female
hasName Doña Marina
linked to: La Malinche

La Malinche
Malinalli
Malintzin
linked to: La Malinche
historicalRegion New Spain
influenced Spanish-indigenous diplomatic relations in early conquest period
languageSpoken Mayan language
Nahuatl
linked to: Nahuan languages

Spanish
laterStatus baptized noblewoman in Spanish colonial society
legacy controversial figure in Mexican cultural memory
symbol of cultural mediation between Europe and indigenous America
nameUsedAs term "malinchismo" in Mexican Spanish
notableFor acting as intermediary between Spaniards and indigenous peoples
role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
serving as interpreter for Hernán Cortés
occupation advisor
cultural broker
interpreter
partner Hernán Cortés
portrayedAs foundational mother of mestizo Mexico in some narratives
traitor in some Mexican nationalist narratives
victim of colonialism in some interpretations
religion Roman Catholicism
roleInEvent Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
fall of Tenochtitlan
sourceMention chronicles of Bernal Díaz del Castillo
status enslaved before being given to the Spaniards
timePeriod 16th century
workedFor Hernán Cortés

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hernán Cortés ally La Malinche
La Malinche hasName Malintzin
linked to: La Malinche
La Malinche hasName Doña Marina
linked to: La Malinche
La Malinche hasName La Malinche
term "malinchismo" derivedFrom La Malinche
subject linked to: La Malinche
Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin) mother Malintzin
linked to: La Malinche
Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin) mother Doña Marina
linked to: La Malinche
Martín Cortés (son with Malintzin) associatedWith Malintzin
linked to: La Malinche
Malinalli alsoKnownAs La Malinche
Malinalli alsoKnownAs Malintzin
linked to: La Malinche
Malinalli alsoKnownAs Doña Marina
linked to: La Malinche
La Malinche alsoKnownAs Malintzin
linked to: La Malinche