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identified with
temazcalli or
sweatbaths in
which aspect she is
sometimes termed Temazcalteci or "Grandmother of
sweatbaths".
Tlazolteotl also has an ****ociation...
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Grandmother the
Nocturnal Physician", an
Aztec earth Goddess inhabiting the
sweatbath, and is
related to
another Aztec Goddess invoked at birth, viz. Cihuacoatl...
- A
temazcal [temasˈkal] is a type of
sweat lodge,
which originated with pre-Hispanic
indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. The term
temazcal comes from the...
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designs of
similar ceramics. Houston,
Stephen D. (June 1996). "Symbolic
Sweatbaths of the Maya:
Architectural Meaning in the
Cross Group at Palenque, Mexico"...
- Articles. Mesoweb.
Retrieved 2008-02-04. Houston,
Stephen (1996)
Symbolic Sweatbaths of the Maya:
Architectural Meaning in the
Cross Group at Palenque, Mexico...
- They use the needle-like
leaves in as part of
ceremony involving the
sweatbath, and use the gum for
colds and
inhale the leaf
smoke for colds. They use...
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beaded hats, even
though they weren't dancing.
Steambath cap or
feather sweatbath cap,
firebath hat (maqissuun in Yup'ik and Cup'ik,
maqissun in Cup'ig)...
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blossoms used as an eyewash, and
smoke from
powdered plant inhaled in
sweatbath for fever. Bell,
Willis H. &
Edward F.
Castetter (1941). "Ethnobiological...
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Magliabechiano contains a p****age
relating Tezcatlipoca with the temascal, or
sweatbath. The text states, "when any sick
person went to the bath house, [they]...
- (PDF).
Journal of
Latin American Lore. 20 (1): 3–96. –
Article on the use of the
temazcal or
sweatbath among the Tzeltal-Tzotzil Maya of Chiapas, Mexico...
