The fundamental principles of Old and New World civilizations : a comparative research based on a study of the ancient Mexican religious, sociological and calendrical systems (1901)
Nuttall, Zelia, 1858-1933 · Cambridge, Mass. : Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology · leaf 107
arvellous illustration of unity and dual¬ ity, both ideas having constantly been present in their minds. In the Vienna Codex there is a remarkable picture of the earth- vase resting on a slab with five divisions. A profusion of puffs or breaths of air or vapor issue from it and, branching off in… … a forked-tongue issues above the middle (fig. 32, no. 1). The in¬ tention to express an exuberant vitality and growth issuing from the symbolical vase in the centre of the earth, seems obvious. This idea is still more clearly conveyed, however, in two symbolic pictures on pp. 21 and 29 of the Codex…
Civilization -- History · Mayas -- Antiquities · Calendar, Mexican · Mythology · Calendar · Swastikas
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