Tamoanchan, Tlalocan: Places of MistDrawing from historical sources, iconography, and beliefs of modern Indians, Lopez Austin (philosophy and letters, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico) offers a new interpretation of the two mysterious places in the world vision of the Aztecs. Chapters on each of the two are supported with discussions of the relationships of the essences and making a model based on contemporary native concepts. The Spanish version was published in 1994 by Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Page 59
... Moon ? We might suspect another native tradi- tion which stated that Tamoanchan's or Tlalocan's mountain was high enough to reach the Moon . We should remember that plate 2 of the Códice Vaticano Latino 3738 calls the first heaven ...
... Moon ? We might suspect another native tradi- tion which stated that Tamoanchan's or Tlalocan's mountain was high enough to reach the Moon . We should remember that plate 2 of the Códice Vaticano Latino 3738 calls the first heaven ...
Page 135
... moon produces strong , healthy , and abundant growth . Some Tzotzil believe that a woman men- struates at the time of the new Moon , and is most fertile when the Moon is full . A woman's fertility is a gift of the Moon ; sterility , her ...
... moon produces strong , healthy , and abundant growth . Some Tzotzil believe that a woman men- struates at the time of the new Moon , and is most fertile when the Moon is full . A woman's fertility is a gift of the Moon ; sterility , her ...
Page 140
... moon say , variations in weather and other circumstances lead to some changes in the dates . In order to clarify the ... Moon is full . That cannot be done dur- ing the three days the Moon is dark , because then the Moon is supposed to ...
... moon say , variations in weather and other circumstances lead to some changes in the dates . In order to clarify the ... Moon is full . That cannot be done dur- ing the three days the Moon is dark , because then the Moon is supposed to ...
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ancestors ancient Nahua animals animistic animistic entities believed birth bones called cave celestial ceremony Chichimec Chicomecoatl Chicomoztoc Cipactonal Códice Florentino 1979 Códice Telleriano-Remensis coessence cold forces complex cosmic cosmic trees cosmos cosmovision created creation cycle dead death deities divine Durán ears of maize earth earthly Ehecatl essence feast Figure fire flowers four Furst Galinier Garibay glyph goddess Guiteras heart hill historical Huichol Huitzilopochtli human groups Ichon interpretation land live López Austin 1993 Lord Lumholtz maize means Mesoamerican religion Mexica México Mictlan Moon mother mountain myth mythical Nahua Nahuatl Nakawé Olmec Omeyocan origin Otomi Oxomoco Piña Chan 1986 Plancarte plant pulque Quetzalcoatl Quilaztli rain religious replications ritual sacred Sahagún says seed serpent sexual Signorini and Lupo soul sources Stela symbol Talokan Tamoanchan Tamoanchan and Tlalocan temple Teotihuacan Tezcatlipoca Tlaloc Tlalocan tlaloque Tzotzil underworld Williams García 1965 Xochicalco Zingg