- A
temazcal [temasˈkal] is a type of
sweat lodge,
which originated with
indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. The term
temazcal comes from the
Nahuatl language...
- culture. She
corresponds to Toci, an
Aztec earth goddess inhabiting the
sweatbath. She is
related to
another Aztec goddess invoked at birth, viz. Cihuacoatl...
- by
their respective jaguar-related patrons. In 2012, an Early-classic
sweatbath nicknamed 'Los Sapos' (The Toads) was excavated, a part of a residential...
- (PDF).
Journal of
Latin American Lore. 20 (1): 3–96. –
Article on the use of the
temazcal or
sweatbath among the Tzeltal-Tzotzil Maya of Chiapas, Mexico...
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Meskwaki have used the
plant both to
revive an
unconscious person and in a
sweatbath as an
herbal steam.
Cultivars of
Symphyotrichum ericoides are planted...
- They use the needle-like
leaves in as part of
ceremony involving the
sweatbath, and use the gum for
colds and
inhale the leaf
smoke for colds. They use...
- of the
river and who were
raised by
Akuun ñee,
goddess of the
temazcal sweatbath and
patron of the hot/cold duality.
Another important element in their...
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Magliabechiano contains a p****age
relating Tezcatlipoca with the temascal, or
sweatbath. The text states, "when any sick
person went to the bath house, [they]...
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identified with
temazcalli or
sweatbaths in
which aspect she is
sometimes termed Temazcalteci or "Grandmother of
sweatbaths".
Tlazolteotl also has an ****ociation...
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corbelled vault, to
construct what the Maya
referred to as pibnal, or
sweatbath, such as
those in the
Temple of the
Cross at Palenque. As
structures were...
