- In the
Aztec (Mexica) culture, the
Nahuatl word
nēmontēmi refers to a
period of five
intercalary days
inserted between the 360 days
labeled with numbers...
- inau****ious,
separate 5-day
period at the end of the year
called the
nēmontēmi. The name
given to the 20-day
periods in pre-Columbian
times is unknown...
-
calendar had five
intercalary days
after the
eighteenth and
final month, the
nēmontēmi, in
which the
people fasted and
reflected on the past year. Lunisolar...
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count (pōhualli). One year
consists of 360
named days and 5
nameless (
nēmontēmi).
These 'extra' days are
thought to be unlucky. The year was
broken into...
-
periods of the
Aztec world, such as
during the five
unlucky days
called Nemontemi which marked an
unstable period of the xiuhpōhualli (solar year count)...
- moon, in Nahuatl, were also important. The five
unlucky days were
called nemontemi in Mexico. Most
believe them to have come at the end of each year, but...
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sowing Eating of
Amaranth Tamales,
feast for
Xiuhtecuhtli every four
years Nemontemi 9 February–13
February Tzitzimime demons Five
unlucky days at the end...
- and
their women (each four years), and captives; hour: night; New Fire
Nemontemi (from
January 28 to
February 1) Five
ominous days at the end of the year...
-
contains the
signs corresponding to the 20 days of the 18
months and five
nemontemi of the
Aztec solar calendar (Nahuatl: xiuhpohualli). The
monument is not...
- Fire
ceremony is
described by Tovar.
During the last five days (called
nemontemi) of the last year of the cycle, the
preparations for the
ceremony began...
