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Tarascan or
Tarasca is an
exonym and the po****r name for the Purépecha culture. It may
refer to: the
Tarascan State, a
Mesoamerican empire until the Spanish...
- Curicaveri/Kurikaweri, the god of the sun.
Historian Robert West states, "The
Tarascans and
their neighbors near the
Pacific coast were the
foremost metallurgists...
- formation." Diss. 2018. Boyd, Maurice.
Tarascan myths & legends: a rich and
imaginative history of the
Tarascans. No. 4.
Texas Christian University Press...
- Pʼurhépecha [pʰuˈɽepet͡ʃa], Purepecha: Phorhé or Phorhépecha),
often called Tarascan (Spanish: Tarasco), a term
coined by
Spanish settlers that can be seen...
-
defeated by the
Tarascans of Michoacán in 1476.
Despite some
subsequent minor triumphs, Axayacatl's
defeat at the
hands of the
Tarascans irreversibly marred...
- The
culture of the Purépecha
people was polytheist. List of some deities:
Curicaveri - sun god (victory god) Cuerauáperi -
Creation goddess Xarátanga -...
- from
about 900 to 1519 AD, and
includes the
following cultures: Aztec,
Tarascans, Mixtec, Totonac, Pipil, Itzá, Kowoj, K'iche', Kaqchikel, Poqomam, Mam...
- The
Tarascan Empire blocked Aztec expansion to the northwest, and the
Tarascans fortified and
patrolled their frontiers with the Aztecs,
possibly developing...
- The
Tarascan Plateau (Spanish:
Meseta Tarasca), also Purépecha
Plateau (Meseta Purépecha), is a
plateau and
region in the
Mexican state of Michoacán, in...
- the
Aztecs by the
Tarascans cannot be understated.
Nearly every war they
fought in
resulted in a
Tarascan victory.
Because the
Tarascan Empire had little...
