Queen Móo and the Egyptian SphinxThe Author, 1900 - 277 pages |
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Page xxxviii
... 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 ...
Page xli
... symbol of the southern con- tinent . He represents the northern by this monogram that reads aac , " turtle . " By this sign placed between the two others , he intends to convey to the mind of his readers that the submerged places to ...
... symbol of the southern con- tinent . He represents the northern by this monogram that reads aac , " turtle . " By this sign placed between the two others , he intends to convey to the mind of his readers that the submerged places to ...
Page xli
... symbol of the cracks and crevices made on the surface of the earth by the escaping gases , represented by the dots and of small circles , O , images of volcanoes . As to the character is composed of two letters , equivalent to Maya and ...
... symbol of the cracks and crevices made on the surface of the earth by the escaping gases , represented by the dots and of small circles , O , images of volcanoes . As to the character is composed of two letters , equivalent to Maya and ...
Page xlv
... symbol phonetically , it gives us " the country of the king , which is surrounded by water ; " " the kingdom in the midst of water . " It will also be noticed that it is placed at the top of the tree , to indicate that that " tree " is ...
... symbol phonetically , it gives us " the country of the king , which is surrounded by water ; " " the kingdom in the midst of water . " It will also be noticed that it is placed at the top of the tree , to indicate that that " tree " is ...
Page xlvi
... symbol then reads Luumil ahau , the " King's country , " the " kingdom . " But how do you make your rendering accord with the meaning given to the character by Bishop Landa ? I fancy I hear our learned Americanists asking ; and I answer ...
... symbol then reads Luumil ahau , the " King's country , " the " kingdom . " But how do you make your rendering accord with the meaning given to the character by Bishop Landa ? I fancy I hear our learned Americanists asking ; and I answer ...
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Abbé Brasseur adorned Akkadian alphabet America 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 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