Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1896 - 277 pages |
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... symbols IV . Map of Drowned Valleys of Antillean Lands , by Prof. J. W. Spencer , by his permission • V. Map of West Indies , from Troano MS . PAGE xviii xlii · • xliv xlv • lx 3 · • 4 VI . Banana Leaf , a token of hospitality among the ...
... symbols IV . Map of Drowned Valleys of Antillean Lands , by Prof. J. W. Spencer , by his permission • V. Map of West Indies , from Troano MS . PAGE xviii xlii · • xliv xlv • lx 3 · • 4 VI . Banana Leaf , a token of hospitality among the ...
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... . The Lord of the Yucatan Forests . LXXIII . Part of Façade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal . Cosmic symbols carved on the trunk of the Mastodon 222 218 • 236 256 5 PREFACE . " To accept any authority as final LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
... . The Lord of the Yucatan Forests . LXXIII . Part of Façade of the Sanctuary at Uxmal . Cosmic symbols carved on the trunk of the Mastodon 222 218 • 236 256 5 PREFACE . " To accept any authority as final LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS .
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... symbols or the contents of said writings , I have translated verbatim the legend accompanying the image , in stucco , of a human sacrifice that adorned the frieze of the celebrated temple of Kabul at Izamal . This legend I have selected ...
... symbols or the contents of said writings , I have translated verbatim the legend accompanying the image , in stucco , of a human sacrifice that adorned the frieze of the celebrated temple of Kabul at Izamal . This legend I have selected ...
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... symbols of the religion of their forefathers ; imposing upon them strange idols , that they said were likenesses of the only true God and of his mother 2 — an assertion that seemed most absurd to those worshippers of the sun , moon ...
... symbols of the religion of their forefathers ; imposing upon them strange idols , that they said were likenesses of the only true God and of his mother 2 — an assertion that seemed most absurd to those worshippers of the sun , moon ...
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... symbols , transmitted to them orally by their fathers . This reserve may be the reason why some travellers , unable to obtain any information from the aborigines , have erroneously asserted that they have lost all traditionary lore ...
... symbols , transmitted to them orally by their fathers . This reserve may be the reason why some travellers , unable to obtain any information from the aborigines , have erroneously asserted that they have lost all traditionary lore ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldean chap Chichen Cogolludo Coh's Memorial Hall color composed Cosas de Yucatan earth Egypt Egyptians emblem existed Father Fresco Painting funeral chamber gods Greek hand head Herodotus Hindoos Hist History of Egypt Ibid India inhabitants inscriptions island Khafra kings Kneph knowledge land Landa learned lineal measures Manners and Customs Maya books Maya civilization Maya dictionary Maya Empire Maya language Maya sages Maya word Mayach Mayapan meaning metre monuments Naacal Nahuatls natives origin Osiris palaces Palenque passim Plate Plongeon priests Prince Coh's Memorial Queen Móo Quichés remote ages represented Sacred Mysteries says sculptures serpent Sir Gardner Wilkinson Sphinx symbol tableau temples tion to-day translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship yellow Yucatan
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Page 146 - Chuen. The country of the hills of mud, the land of Mu was sacrificed: being twice upheaved it suddenly disappeared during the night, the basin being continually shaken by volcanic forces. Being confined, these caused the land to sink and to rise several times and in various places. At last the surface gave way and ten countries were torn asunder and scattered. Unable to stand the force of the convulsions, they sank with their 64,000,000 of inhabitants 8060 years before the writing of this book.
Page 5 - In the vicinity of Thebes there are sacred serpents, not at all troublesome to men ; they are very small, but have two horns on the top of their head. When they die they are buried in the Temple of Jupiter, to whom they are said to belong.
Page 71 - There was only immobility and silence in the darkness, in the night. Only the Creator, the Maker, Tepeu, Gucumatz, the Forefathers, were in the water surrounded with light. They were hidden under green and blue feathers, and were therefore called Gucumatz.
Page 11 - It is now, as it was formerly, observed at or near the beginning of November by the Peruvians, the Hindoos, the Pacific islanders, the people of the Tonga Islands, the Australians, the ancient Persians, the ancient Egyptians, and the northern nations of Europe, and continued for three days among the Japanese, the Hindoos, the Australians, the ancient Romans, and the ancient Egyptians.
Page 11 - This startling fact at once drew my attention to the question, How was this uniformity in the time of observance preserved, not only in far distant quarters of the globe, but also through that vast lapse of time since the Peruvian and the Indo-European first inherited this primeval festival from a common source?
Page 255 - But since this tradition is not published alone for him who perceives the magnificence of the word; it is requisite, therefore, to hide in a Mystery the wisdom spoken, which the Son of God taught.
Page 251 - And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord.
Page xi - West had been interrupted because of cataclysms destroying the intervening country, and — the mud that had made the sea impassable since the destruction of Atlantis by earthquakes and submersion." It is here shown beyond controversy that the Lands of the West were to the west of America, because America was the "intervening lands...
Page 98 - ... branch at his birth, and this branch or tendril reached the ground when he was to be made king. Taneua, a bamboo used on the occasion, was said to draw its roots out of the ground at the approach of the ceremony, and to leap into the hand of the person who was sent for it. The inauguration ceremony, answering to coronation among other nations, consisted in girding the king with the maro ura, or sacred girdle of red feathers; which not only raised him to the highest earthly station, but identified...
Page 7 - The young luminary, the priests said, did not forget those that had been extinguished, and from whom he was descended; and Amon paid them this mark of respect to warn the devout not to forget those who were passed away, and to whom they owed their existence. "Bring offerings," says a pious text, "to thy father and thy mother who rest in the valley of the tombs; for he who gives these offerings is as acceptable to the Gods as if they were brought to themselves. Often visit thy dead, so that what thou...