Open Access Books from the Autonomous University of Aguascalientes

Iris Rivero, the author of the novel, dedicates it, in a kind of chant, to the "priestesses, healers [...] witches"; she alludes to ancient civilizations that, under different names, venerated the Goddess of three faces: maiden, mother, and harpy. They erected temples in the name of the Goddess: they venerated her, prayed to her, took refuge in her lap, until they were torn down and the Goddess was replaced by a bloodthirsty and power-hungry Christian god. "But we are the last bastion of the Ancient People, of the power that ruled the land during a distant era, when the Ancients, who now...

The arrival of industrialization in Aguascalientes disrupted the course of the state. Before the arrival of the railroad in 1884, there were no major changes in the city in terms of industries, with agriculture being the main economic activity carried out. In 1833, before the construction of the railway line, there were 37 industrial establishments in the city, out of the 41 that existed in the state.
By 1895, the situation had transformed. Although agriculture did not lose its place as the main occupation, large-scale industry made its entry into the state with the arrival of the...