Motif
ancestral-place emergence
ancestral_place_emergence
A motif of the Cosmic Origin and Creation family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
nahua
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Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans CONTENTS. / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. / INTRODUCTION. / RIG VEDA AMERICANA; lines 1305-1465 confidence: medium
Quilaztli is described as plumed with eagle feathers, having an eagle crest, painted with serpents' blood, coming with her hoe, beating her drum, from Colhuacan.
The goddess comes from Colhuacan, and the notes explain Colhuacan as the place of old men or ancestors of the tribe.
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