Motif
calendar-shaped dynastic pattern
calendar_shaped_dynastic_pattern
A motif of the Sacred Time and Ritual Cycle family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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1 traditions
nahua maya inca
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru CONTENTS / CHAPTER PAGE / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / CHAPTER I: THE CIVILISATION OF MEXICO; lines 875-963 confidence: medium
Some authorities questioned Toltec existence because several Toltec monarchs' reigns are exactly fifty-two years, matching the Mexican cycle, and because many monarch names are also names of principal Nahua deities.
Authorities suspect mythic significance because several Toltec monarchs have reigns of exactly fifty-two years, the length of the great Mexican cycle, and because monarch names overlap with deity names.
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