The Civilization of Ancient Mexico
The Civilization of Ancient Mexico
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But the goddess of (Chicomecohuatl (Seven-serpents).
Lis name in allusion to the fertilising Br, which was typified by serpents.
Upril 5) of this goddess was called [the Great Watch, a festival which by a general fast and the decoration ulrushes, which had been sprinkled from the extremities of the devotees er. The statues of the gods which r houses were also enwreathed, says it is probable that he alludes to the dl tutelary or household deities of lates type which the Nahua kept in nd which fo...rcibly remind us of the 5S of the Egyptians which they dead. The worshippers then pro- ze-fields, where they cut the tender e, and bedecked them with flowers, y them in the calpuUi or common age. They then went before the ohuatl and engaged in mock combat . The maidens of the community )f maize from the harvest of the ich they presented to the goddess, ing them to the storehouses so that Hosted by Google VII] MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION 67 they might be used as seed for the coming year, ^orquemada especially states that Chicomecohuatl was averse to the shedding of human blood, but that in all probability human sacrifices formed part of the ceremony, " as it was the universal practice to make them in all their festivals.'* Among the Tepitoton the Maize Goddess was invariably represented, and before each of the diminutive figures the worshippers placed a basket of food, on the top of which was a cooked frog, having on its back a piece of a cornstalk stuflFed with pounded maize and vegetables.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But the goddess of (Chicomecohuatl (Seven-serpents).
Lis name in allusion to the fertilising Br, which was typified by serpents.
Upril 5) of this goddess was called [the Great Watch, a festival which by a general fast and the decoration ulrushes, which had been sprinkled from the extremities of the devotees er. The statues of the gods which r houses were also enwreathed, says it is probable that he alludes to the dl tutelary or household deities of lates type which the Nahua kept in nd which fo...rcibly remind us of the 5S of the Egyptians which they dead. The worshippers then pro- ze-fields, where they cut the tender e, and bedecked them with flowers, y them in the calpuUi or common age. They then went before the ohuatl and engaged in mock combat . The maidens of the community )f maize from the harvest of the ich they presented to the goddess, ing them to the storehouses so that Hosted by Google VII] MYTHOLOGY AND RELIGION 67 they might be used as seed for the coming year, ^orquemada especially states that Chicomecohuatl was averse to the shedding of human blood, but that in all probability human sacrifices formed part of the ceremony, " as it was the universal practice to make them in all their festivals.'* Among the Tepitoton the Maize Goddess was invariably represented, and before each of the diminutive figures the worshippers placed a basket of food, on the top of which was a cooked frog, having on its back a piece of a cornstalk stuflFed with pounded maize and vegetables.
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