Motif
Fourfold cardinal ordering of sacred city space
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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.
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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 1167-1260 confidence: medium
Mexico is described as a large lake city with many houses and inhabitants, surrounding towns, four cardinally aligned roadways, canals, and dykes.
The city is described as divided by four great roadways at right angles and aligned with the cardinal points.
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