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 33
29 AMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS. triskelion, swastika and circle, the S-shaped figure which was, as I shall show further on, the sign actually employed by the ancient Mexicans and Mayas as the image of the constellation Ursa Minor, whose outline it indeed effectually reproduces. Before referring to the… … that the combination of the stars in this con¬ stellation with Polaris and Ursa Major yields the number thirteen. This result is specially interesting since the entire Calendar-system of Mexico and Yucatan is based on the combination of the nu¬ merals 13 -j- 7 = 20, the latter again being 4X5. On…
Civilization -- History · Mayas -- Antiquities · Calendar, Mexican · Mythology · Calendar · Swastikas
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