Motif
deity distributed through cardinal points and mountain tops
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A motif of the World Axis and Sacred Center family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
nahua maya inca
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru CHAPTER PAGE / LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS / CHAPTER I: THE CIVILISATION OF MEXICO / CHAPTER II: MEXICAN MYTHOLOGY; lines 2559-2652 confidence: medium
Tlaloc, like the Kiche god Hurakan, manifests as lightning-flash, thunderbolt, and thunder; his image faces east, and he is worshipped at the four cardinal points and on every mountain-top with compass colours and silver torrent streaks in his costume.
Tlaloc's image faces east, he is said to originate there, and he is worshipped as inhabiting the four cardinal points and every mountain-top, with compass colours in his costume.
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