Expert discussions of such myths and mythological figures as the milk goddess and her pot symbol, the jewel-water and mugwort goddess, goddesses of love and food, Tlaloc and the dragon, love and mother deities, Quetzalcoatl, many more. Also, symbolism, burial customs, other topics. Over 70 illustrations. Map.
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This review is from: Myths of Pre-Columbian America (Paperback)
Donald Alexander Mackenzie (1873 - March 2, 1936) was a Scottish journalist and prolific writer on religion, mythology and anthropology in the early 20th century. His works included Indian Myth and Legend, Celtic Folklore and Myths of China and Japan.Archeology and History, just like any other subjects, evolve in time as the result of new findings/developments. Readers must remember that this book was written almost 100 years ago, since then our understanding of pre-Columbian civilizations have evolved a lot.
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Just another white man trying to prove Europeans and other non-Indians brought civilization to Ixachilan. It is easy to see why he would be jealous...Indigenous Americans had the most advanced civilizations in the world as of 1519.The largest city in the world was Mexico-Tenochtitlan. The Mexica had the largest library in the world with information on more subjects than any other civilization. (Soustelle) They were also more advanced in medicine than Europeans. (Soustelle) The Aztec/Mayan calendars are still the most accurate calendars in the world. (Mann) Ancient Mexicans genetically engineered maize in man's first and greatest feat of genetic engineering. (Mann) Mayans invented the concept of 0 before any other civilization on Earth...Europeans did not understand it until recently. (Mann) They were also the greatest mathematicians the world has ever seen. The Olmecs knew that the Earth was round thousands of years before it was accepted in Europe. The Aztec pyramids are the largest in the world. Caral, in South America, will probably be proven to be the oldest of Earth's civilizations. The pyramids at Caral are older than any in Egypt. So now I ask the author of this book how Europeans could have brought us civilization before they had it themselves?
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THE famous "footprints" of Buddha, which may be seen impressed on hard rock in eastern lands, are essentially relics of early Buddhist missionary enterprise, while the complex and borrowed symbols that adorn them remind us of the debt owed by Buddhism to earlier faiths. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
churning myth, symbolic pot, milk elixir, wonder beast, milk goddess, celestial dog, jewel water, winged disc, water burial, similar psychology, culture mixing, agave plant, mother pot, milky sea, maize god, colour symbolism, celestial river, life substance, smoking mirror, complex beliefs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, New World, Columbian America, Codex Vaticanus, Elliot Smith, Codex Borgia, North America, New York, Red Indian, Central America, Codex Yaticanus, The Native Races, Easter Island, Xipe Totec, Bronze Age, Codex Laud, Rendel Harris, Western Europe, Bernal Diaz, Lost Atlantis, Milky Way, British Association, British Isles, Natural History, Red Sea New!
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THE famous "footprints" of Buddha, which may be seen impressed on hard rock in eastern lands, are essentially relics of early Buddhist missionary enterprise, while the complex and borrowed symbols that adorn them remind us of the debt owed by Buddhism to earlier faiths. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
churning myth, symbolic pot, milk elixir, wonder beast, milk goddess, celestial dog, jewel water, winged disc, water burial, similar psychology, culture mixing, agave plant, mother pot, milky sea, maize god, colour symbolism, celestial river, life substance, smoking mirror, complex beliefs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old World, New World, Columbian America, Codex Vaticanus, Elliot Smith, Codex Borgia, North America, New York, Red Indian, Central America, Codex Yaticanus, The Native Races, Easter Island, Xipe Totec, Bronze Age, Codex Laud, Rendel Harris, Western Europe, Bernal Diaz, Lost Atlantis, Milky Way, British Association, British Isles, Natural History, Red Sea New!
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