West American History, Band 3,Teil 3Bancroft Company, 1902 |
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... Teotl to be identical . " Dr Brinton , as we shall see when we come to notice the mythology of fire , while not denying the promi- nence of the sun - cult , would refer that cult to a basal and original fire - worship . Many ...
... Teotl to be identical . " Dr Brinton , as we shall see when we come to notice the mythology of fire , while not denying the promi- nence of the sun - cult , would refer that cult to a basal and original fire - worship . Many ...
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... Teotl , God . " " It is remarkable , " says Professor J. G. Müller , " that the well - instructed Acosta should have known nothing about the adoration of a highest invisible God , under the name of Teotl . And yet this adoration has ...
... Teotl , God . " " It is remarkable , " says Professor J. G. Müller , " that the well - instructed Acosta should have known nothing about the adoration of a highest invisible God , under the name of Teotl . And yet this adoration has ...
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... Teotl ; and that enlightened king of Tezcuco , who built a temple of nine stories - symboliz- ing the nine heavens - in honor of the stars , called the sun - god his father . ' " 10 " To the most ancient gods , " says Klemm , " be ...
... Teotl ; and that enlightened king of Tezcuco , who built a temple of nine stories - symboliz- ing the nine heavens - in honor of the stars , called the sun - god his father . ' " 10 " To the most ancient gods , " says Klemm , " be ...
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... Teotl was not represented by any image , and was probably not worshipped with offerings nor in any special temples ; Tezcatlipoca was , however , so represented , and that as a youth , because time could have no power over his beauty ...
... Teotl was not represented by any image , and was probably not worshipped with offerings nor in any special temples ; Tezcatlipoca was , however , so represented , and that as a youth , because time could have no power over his beauty ...
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... Teotl , God , whom we find named in the Tzendal and Mexican books . This " God of all purity , " as he was styled in a Mexican prayer , was , however , too elevated for the thoughts of the vulgar . His existence was recognized , and ...
... Teotl , God , whom we find named in the Tzendal and Mexican books . This " God of all purity , " as he was styled in a Mexican prayer , was , however , too elevated for the thoughts of the vulgar . His existence was recognized , and ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ancient animals Antiq Apache appear Aztec Aztek bird body Brasseur de Bourbourg Buschmann called Centeotl ceremonies Chichimecs Chinook Cholula Clavigero Cochimí Coyote dead death deity dialects divine earth evil father feast festival fire four Geog give goddess gods hand head heart heaven Hist honor Huitzilopochtli human idols Indians king Kingsborough's Mex language lengua living Lord Lord's Prayer maize Messico Mexican Mexico Mictlan Mictlantecutli Monarq mother mountains myth nations origin Otomí painted Pima Pimentel plural Popol Vuh priests pronouns Pueblos pulque Quetzalcoatl Quiché Rept River sacrifice Sahagun Sahaptin Schoolcraft's Arch snake soul speak spirit spoken Spuren der Aztek stone Storia symbol temple Teotl Tezcatlipoca thee thine things Thlinkeets thou hast Tinneh tion Tlaloc Toltecs tongue Torquemada Toveyo tribes Vater verb woman women words worship Xochiquetzal
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 179 - Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.
Seite 656 - I, m, n, o, p, r, s. t, u, v, y, z, tz. There are three declensions; two for nouns, and the third for adjectives. To the first belong those words which end in a vowel, and also the participles ending with me and u; to the second, those ending with a consonant.
Seite 253 - As the former, he was born of a virgin in the land of Tula or Tlapallan, in the distant Orient, and was high priest of that happy realm.
Seite 665 - H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, I, m, n, o, p, q, r, (, t, u, v, w, x, y, z red=greek lettering: r.
Seite 47 - ... into existence was a miracle extraordinary, wrought by the special intervention of him who is preeminently the Creator. Verily, at last, were there found men worthy of their origin and their destiny; verily, at last, did the gods look on beings who could see with their eyes, and handle with their hands, and understand with their hearts.
Seite 49 - Heart of Earth! give us descendants and a posterity as long as the light endure. Give us to walk always in an open road, in a path without snares; to lead happy, quiet, and peaceable lives, free of all reproach. It was thus they spake, living tranquilly, invoking the return of the light, waiting the rising of the sun, watching the star of the morning, precursor of the sun. But no sun came, and the four men and their descendants grew uneasy: We have no person to watch over us, they said, nothing to...
Seite 451 - In an age, therefore, when no prejudices of artificial decency existed, what more just and natural image could they find, by which to express their idea of the beneficent power of the great Creator than that organ which endowed them with the power of procreation, and made them partakers, not only of the felicity of the Deity, but of his great characteristic attribute, that of multiplying his own image, communicating his blessings, and extending them to the generations yet unborn.
Seite 202 - ... left? Is it indeed possible that thy wrath and punishment, and vexed indignation are altogether implacable and will go on to the end to our destruction ? Is it already fixed in thy divine counsel that there is to be no mercy nor pity for us, until the Arrows of thy fury are spent to our utter perdition and destruction? Is it possible that this lash and chastisement is not given for our correction and amendment, but only for our total destruction and obliteration; that the sun shall nevermore...
Seite 193 - Acosta, as has been already noticed by Professor J. G. Miiller, either never heard of or disbelieved in the existence of the name Teotl and of the ideas connected therewith by so many historians.29 The said Acosta says: "If wee shall seeke into the Indian tongue for a word to answer to this name of God, as in Latin, Deus; in Greeke, Theos ; in Hebrew, El; in Arabike, Alia ; but wree shall not finde any in the Cuscan or Mexicaine tongues. So as such as preach, or write to the Indians, vse our Spanish...
Seite 60 - ... who should first cast himself into that fire, should have the honor of being transformed into a sun. So one of them called Nanahuatzin, — either as most say, out of pure bravery, or as Sahagun relates, because his life had become a burden to him through a syphilitic disease, — flung himself into the fire. Then the gods began to peer through the gloom in all directions for the expected light and to make bets as to what part of heaven he should first appear in. And some said Here, and some...