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- The name Teotihuacán was given by the Nahuatl-speaking Aztec people ... was built by the Toltec people, based on Aztec writings which attributed ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- as the 16th century (see Maya codices and Aztec codices). Those written before ... far longer than in the West. The Jewish religion still retains the Torah ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 22:22, 7 January 2024
- The Aztec civilization used the heart as a sacrificial token during the sacrifice of a human being. The priest used a stone knife to cut into ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 15:12, 25 January 2023
- Americas, such as those of Mesoamerica (the Aztec and Maya) and the Andes ... utilized by the Inca, and chocolate was used by the Aztec. ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 22:17, 30 November 2022
- Throughout their history, the Yaqui remained separate from the Aztec ... The Yaqui religion (which is a syncretic religion of old Yaqui beliefs ...14 KB (2,202 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- The nucleus of the Aztec Empire was the Valley of Mexico, where the ... In addition, Tlacaelel reformed Aztec religion, by putting the tribal ...52 KB (8,358 words) - 05:19, 26 August 2023
- its music, cuisine, language, dance and religion. The Catholic religion brought ... area was occupied by two provinces of the Aztec Empire. Several bloody battles ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 13:08, 10 March 2023
- Mexico, where the celebration has ancient Aztec and Mesoamerican roots. The ... back to the indigenous peoples such as the Aztec, Maya, P'urhépecha ...19 KB (2,926 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- culture of moral laxity. Philosophers of religion who view religion's ... The Aztec religion of central Mexico in the fourteenth, fifteenth ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Cannibalism was reported in Mexico, the flower wars of the Aztec Civilization being considered as the most massive manifestation of cannibalism ...27 KB (4,188 words) - 19:25, 25 November 2023
- Category:Religion [[Image:Sweat lodge nez.jpg|thumb|300px|Nez Percé ... Hastings (ed.), Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics Volume 12 (T ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- E. James. "Some Aspects of the Aztec Religion in the Hopi Kachina Cult ... Susan E. James, Some Aspects of the Aztec Religion in the Hopi Kachina Cult ...33 KB (5,396 words) - 13:43, 2 February 2024
- === Aztec === There are several variants of the Aztec Flood story. One of the more ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 19:36, 24 May 2024
- conquered territory, overthrowing the Aztec and Inca Empires to gain ... tequitl—equivalent of the mita—in the Aztec Empire). The conquistadores ...27 KB (3,995 words) - 12:25, 21 January 2023
- human sacrifice, although early Israelite religion seems to have practiced ... (Genesis 22) is thought by historians of religion to be an example of a myth ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- with the lóng or Chinese dragon. The Aztec and Toltec serpent god Quetzalcoatl ... who continued to be venerated in the folk religion of Judah and was tolerated ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- ruins of Tula the capital of the pre-Aztec Toltec civilization. The ... The Aztec religion is one of the most widely documented pre-Hispanic ...43 KB (6,539 words) - 15:29, 10 December 2023
- and colonizer whose daring conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico for Spain ... of the most prestigious places of the Aztec religion. However, it appears ...74 KB (12,378 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- In pre-Jewish Mesopotamian religion, the Tree of Life was depicted ... gods. The Tree of Life appears in Norse religion as Yggdrasil, the world ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- == Anthropomorphism in religion == From the perspective of believers of a religion where the deity or deities ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- Huichol and Aztec Indians engaged in ceremonial peyote ingestion for ... *Stewart, Omar C. Peyote Religion: A History. University of Oklahoma ...12 KB (1,764 words) - 02:54, 24 November 2022
- ===Plants in religion and ritual=== [[Image:Urarina_shaman_B_Dean.jpg|thumb|left|An Urarina shaman.]] An entheogen, in the strictest sense, is ...15 KB (2,113 words) - 04:35, 22 March 2024
- there was also a profound change in religion in this period. Chacoan ... Historical Park, Mesa Verde National Park, Aztec Ruins National Monument, ...40 KB (6,073 words) - 19:47, 26 July 2023
- *Tezcatlipoca in Aztec mythology *Till Eulenspiegel in German folklore *Tonenili in Navajo mythology ===Literature=== Archetypes are often discussed ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
- a major god of the Egyptian mystery religion, was born of the virgin ... and sanitized version of Coatlicue, the Aztec mother goddess. ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- of death and destruction. In fact, the Aztec god of death, Mictlantecuhtli ... [https://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/Ancient_religions/Central_am ...23 KB (3,514 words) - 19:47, 20 July 2023
- man, in order to instigate a new religion. According to legend, Bataille ... of general economy: Human sacrifice in Aztec society, the monastic institutions ...19 KB (2,766 words) - 15:09, 21 May 2024
- * Keen, Benjamin. The Aztec Image in Western Thought. New Brunswick ... * Men, Hunbatz. Secrets of Mayan science/religion. Santa Fe, NM: Bear ...16 KB (2,447 words) - 18:24, 12 February 2024
- Like the Aztec and Inca who came to power later, the Maya believed ... The multiple gods of Maya religion also represented a mathematical ...31 KB (4,849 words) - 02:21, 9 November 2022
- and has thus been studied by sociologists of religion. The classic 1956 study, When Prophecy Fails by Leon Festinger, which included information ...28 KB (4,265 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- civilizations, such as the Olmec, Mayan and Aztec. Modern-day Mexico shares ... in reference to the name of the Nahua Aztec tribe, the Mexica. The origin ...57 KB (8,268 words) - 10:36, 10 March 2023
- quot; in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztec, and was the Aztec name for ... artifacts revealed cultural parallels in religion, architecture, and the arts ...35 KB (5,268 words) - 00:32, 18 November 2022
- Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... *Aztec mythology – Huehuecoyotl *Bantu mythology – the Hare (Tsuro ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- find gold and wealth equal to Mexico's Aztec treasures. The current name ... *Aztec Ruins National Monument at Aztec *Bandelier National Monument ...63 KB (9,067 words) - 09:27, 11 March 2023
- There was never one universal Native American religion or spiritual ... as a form of spirituality, rather than religion, although in practice these ...47 KB (6,955 words) - 19:42, 4 March 2024
- seems to exist in every culture and every religion, although the word "atonement ... If it is true that Christianity is a very special and unique religion ...32 KB (5,060 words) - 18:12, 21 August 2023
- Within the religion of Canaan, a significant portion of temple prostitutes ... acceptance of sex between men and youths in Aztec society, and used it as one ...45 KB (6,813 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- them in the 1860s, they named them for the Aztec emperor Montezuma II. However ... Christians as hiding places before their religion was accepted. ...26 KB (3,864 words) - 22:05, 7 January 2024
- In the native Japanese religion Shinto, salt is used for ritual purification ... In Aztec mythology, Huixtocihuatl was a fertility goddess who presided ...36 KB (5,357 words) - 01:13, 21 April 2023
- Dee and the English Calendar: Science, Religion and Empire] Institute of ... was to help bring forth a unified world religion through the healing of the ...34 KB (5,268 words) - 02:25, 9 February 2023
- === Aztec period === Mexico-Tenochtitlan List of pre-columbian archaeological ... of Mexico. When the Spaniards arrived, the Aztec Empire had reached much of ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- The governments may be based on heredity, religion, military power, work projects ... 000–250,000. Later cultures such as the Aztec drew on these earlier urban ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Toppling the Aztec and Inca civilizations, Spain ... thousand Amerindian allies, he overran the Aztec empire in the campaigns of ...78 KB (11,731 words) - 19:08, 7 February 2023
- for the task of bringing the Christian religion to remote peoples of the ... Spanish Conquistadors would overthrow the Aztec and Incan civilizations through ...38 KB (6,067 words) - 21:42, 10 December 2023
- great willingness to welcome the Catholic religion in his domain: he invited ... Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin, a noble Aztec born in Amecameca (ancient ...57 KB (8,893 words) - 08:38, 20 January 2024
- their culture was present in 5000 B.C.E. Aztec and Pipil peoples succeeded them. ... locals speak English. The Roman Catholic religion plays an important role ...41 KB (5,922 words) - 00:08, 13 February 2024
- culture to the Mesoamerican civilizations of the Aztec and Maya, and by language to the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area.[http://countrystudies.us/nicaragua/4 ...59 KB (8,536 words) - 09:43, 11 March 2023
- by the jurist," a system in which religion and the state were inseparably ... *Collar of the Order of the Aztec Eagle of Mexico-1975 ==Notes== ...53 KB (8,258 words) - 19:29, 9 November 2022
- Spain's present languages, its religion, and the basis of its laws ... and Jews were free to practice their religion, but faced certain restrictions ...115 KB (17,210 words) - 19:06, 7 February 2023
