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 127
e and life-giving power was exerted in the temazcalli, also named xoehicalli, the place where she sees secret things, rectifies what has been deranged in human bodies, fructifies young and tender things, . . . and where she aids and cures . . .” It was customary for pregnant women to resort to… … thyself in the bath, which is the house of flowers of our god . . .” (Historia, book vi, chap. xxvn). The Vienna Codex contains, besides pictures of temples (fig. 41, a and b ), two instances which elucidate the meaning of the design ; c of the same figure displays the conventional symbol for land,…
Civilization -- History · Mayas -- Antiquities · Calendar, Mexican · Mythology · Calendar · Swastikas
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