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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 192

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idea is further symbolized by the head of the coatl = serpent or twin. In this figure there is a hint of the ex¬ istence of an idea I have found expressed in other cases, namely, that a mystic line of demarcation existed at the base of a tree, which separated its upward from its downward growth.… … Fig. 53. the plant seems to be at the bottom of its adoption as the sacred and ceremonial “ drink of life,” which was, subsequently, care¬ fully prepared and fermented. The idea that a tree enclosed male and female elements seems to have been also a strong one and would, in course of time,…

Civilization -- History · Mayas -- Antiquities · Calendar, Mexican · Mythology · Calendar · Swastikas

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