Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... yellow , with a green dragon in the centre . That of the Angles also bore as symbol a dragon or serpent ; that of the Saxons , according to Urtti - scind , a lion , a dragon , and over them a flying eagle ; that of the Manchous , a ...
... yellow , with a green dragon in the centre . That of the Angles also bore as symbol a dragon or serpent ; that of the Saxons , according to Urtti - scind , a lion , a dragon , and over them a flying eagle ; that of the Manchous , a ...
Page 71
... yellow scales . Can , we know , means " serpent , " but kan is Maya for " yellow . " Kanah , the ocean , might therefore be inter- preted metaphorically " the powerful yellow serpent . " We read in the " Popol - Vuh , " sacred book of ...
... yellow scales . Can , we know , means " serpent , " but kan is Maya for " yellow . " Kanah , the ocean , might therefore be inter- preted metaphorically " the powerful yellow serpent . " We read in the " Popol - Vuh , " sacred book of ...
Page 74
... yellow scales ; that is , the ocean . The learned men of Mayach always described with ap- propriate inscriptions the notions , cosmogonic or others , or the religious conceptions that they portrayed in the sculptures ; ornamenting with ...
... yellow scales ; that is , the ocean . The learned men of Mayach always described with ap- propriate inscriptions the notions , cosmogonic or others , or the religious conceptions that they portrayed in the sculptures ; ornamenting with ...
Page 84
... yellow Bacab , who stood at the south ; Chac - Bacab , the red Bacab , who occupied the east ; Zac - Bacab , the white Bacab , to whom was intrusted the north ; and Ek - Bacab , the black Bacab , whose place was the west . They were ...
... yellow Bacab , who stood at the south ; Chac - Bacab , the red Bacab , who occupied the east ; Zac - Bacab , the white Bacab , to whom was intrusted the north ; and Ek - Bacab , the black Bacab , whose place was the west . They were ...
Page 84
... yellow Bacab , who stood at the south ; Chac - Bacab , the red Bacab , who occupied the east ; Zac - Bacab , the white Bacab , to whom was intrusted the north ; and Ek - Bacab , the black Bacab , whose place was the west . They were ...
... yellow Bacab , who stood at the south ; Chac - Bacab , the red Bacab , who occupied the east ; Zac - Bacab , the white Bacab , to whom was intrusted the north ; and Ek - Bacab , the black Bacab , whose place was the west . They were ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet Americanist ancestors ancient Maya archæology Asia assertion AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON Brinton called Caribbean Sea Chaldeans chap Chichen Cogolludo 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 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 peninsula 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 Thoth tion to-day traditions translation tree Troano Uxmal verse warrior West Western Continent worship yellow Yucatan