- 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...
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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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designs of
similar ceramics. Houston,
Stephen D. (June 1996). "Symbolic
Sweatbaths of the Maya:
Architectural Meaning in the
Cross Group at Palenque, Mexico"...
- {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) Houston,
Stephen (1996)
Symbolic Sweatbaths of the Maya:
Architectural Meaning in the
Cross Group at Palenque, Mexico...
- 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...
- (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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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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hearths were
found in each of them. Room 7, the
southwest room, was a
sweatbath.
Structure 3 (or
Structure III, also
known as the
Lundell Palace) is southeast...
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Miller &
Taube 2003, p.157 Sáenz 1956 Houston,
Stephen (1996).
Symbolic Sweatbaths of the Maya:
Architectural Meaning in the
Cross Group at Palenque, Mexico...
