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... Mexico . Into this melting pot of cultures and overlapping mythic traditions came the last great migrant wave - the Aztecs or Mexica . MEXICA GENESIS MEXICA ( AZTEC ) origins are shrouded in. GODS 287 H REFLECTIONS THEMES.
... Mexico . Into this melting pot of cultures and overlapping mythic traditions came the last great migrant wave - the Aztecs or Mexica . MEXICA GENESIS MEXICA ( AZTEC ) origins are shrouded in. GODS 287 H REFLECTIONS THEMES.
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MEXICA GENESIS Stele representing the sun and the moon . Shied Jaguar stands here with a torch whilst his wife , Lady Xoc , draws a rope through her tongue as a blood sacrifice . H XIPE TOTEC ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC artistic ...
MEXICA GENESIS Stele representing the sun and the moon . Shied Jaguar stands here with a torch whilst his wife , Lady Xoc , draws a rope through her tongue as a blood sacrifice . H XIPE TOTEC ONE OF THE MOST DRAMATIC artistic ...
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... Mexica in the Valley of Mexico , their sojourn among the peoples already settled in cities fringing Lake Texcoco , and the eventual founding of their own capital at Tenochtitlán , was a series of events encapsulated in a blend of myth ...
... Mexica in the Valley of Mexico , their sojourn among the peoples already settled in cities fringing Lake Texcoco , and the eventual founding of their own capital at Tenochtitlán , was a series of events encapsulated in a blend of myth ...
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Aboriginal Aesir Amaterasu ancestors ancient animals Arnhem Land Australia Baal became believed bird birth body brother Buddha Buddhist called carved Celtic Celts century BCE civilisation creation myths creatures Cúchulainn cult culture cycle Daksha dance daughter dead death deities demons depicted descended divine earth Enki Enlil Ereshkigal evil father female fertility figure fire fish flood Freyja giant Gilgamesh goddess gods Greek head heaven hero Huitzilopochtli human hunting important Indian Inuit island Izanagi journey killed king Krishna lived Loki Lugh magic married Mesoamerica Mesoamerican Mexica moon mother mountain mythic mythology nature night Ninurta ocean Odin Okuninushi origin painting religion religious ritual river Roman sacred sacrifice serpent shaman Shiva Slav soul spirits stone stories Sumerian supernatural Susa-no-o symbol Taíno temple themes Thor tion told tree tribes trickster Tuatha Dé Danann Ugarit underworld Vishnu warrior wife woman women worshipped Zeus