Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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... Maya writers , typical of the sea , whose billows they compared to the undulations of a serpent in motion . They therefore called the ocean canah , a word whose radical is can , " serpent , " the meaning of which is the mighty serpent ...
... Maya writers , typical of the sea , whose billows they compared to the undulations of a serpent in motion . They therefore called the ocean canah , a word whose radical is can , " serpent , " the meaning of which is the mighty serpent ...
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... Maya calendar . Literally these words mean the " vigorous sun . " If , however , we inter- pret the symbol phonetically , it gives us " the country of the king , which is surrounded by water ; " " the kingdom in the midst of water ...
... Maya calendar . Literally these words mean the " vigorous sun . " If , however , we inter- pret the symbol phonetically , it gives us " the country of the king , which is surrounded by water ; " " the kingdom in the midst of water ...
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... Maya word for sun . But kin is also the title of the highpriest of the sun . As in Egypt and many other civilized countries , so in Mayach , the king was , at the same time , chief of the state and of the religion , as in our times the ...
... Maya word for sun . But kin is also the title of the highpriest of the sun . As in Egypt and many other civilized countries , so in Mayach , the king was , at the same time , chief of the state and of the religion , as in our times the ...
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... word for " south ; " but it has been replaced by ix OO ( " north , " ) which ... Maya given , in the most remote ages , Empire known on our maps as the ... Mayas . May we not assume that the identity of traditions indicates that at some ...
... word for " south ; " but it has been replaced by ix OO ( " north , " ) which ... Maya given , in the most remote ages , Empire known on our maps as the ... Mayas . May we not assume that the identity of traditions indicates that at some ...
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... word belonging to the Maya language . As in Egyptian , it means a " reed , " a " rush , " a " withe . " It was the name of an ancient city the ruins of which still exist near Tixkokob , in Yucatan , on the property of Dn . Alvaro Peon ...
... word belonging to the Maya language . As in Egyptian , it means a " reed , " a " rush , " a " withe . " It was the name of an ancient city the ruins of which still exist near Tixkokob , in Yucatan , on the property of Dn . Alvaro Peon ...
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