-
either from the
words teme (to bathe) and
calli (house), or from the word
temāzcalli [temaːsˈkalːi] (house of heat).[citation needed] In
ancient Mesoamerica...
-
Florentine Codex compiled by
Bernardino de Sahagún, Toci is
identified with
temazcalli or
sweatbaths in
which aspect she is
sometimes termed Temazcalteci or...
- Temescal,
Temascal and
Temazcal are all
forms of the
Nahuatl word
temāzcalli which refers to a type of
sweat lodge used by
indigenous Mesoamericans. Temescal...
-
Temazcalteci (also Temaxcaltechi), the
goddess of
bathing and
sweat baths (
temazcalli), also
known as
Mexican sauna.
Another was Xochiquetzal, the
goddess of...
- americana). Also, the
upper classes and
pregnant women washed themselves in a
temāzcalli,
similar to a
sauna bath,
which is
still used in the
south of Mexico....
- the
Aztec mythology,
Temazcalteci (pronounced [temaskalˈtesi],
Nahuatl temāzcalli 'sweat bath' +
tecitl 'grandmother') was the
goddess of
steam baths. According...
-
Mesoamerican bath,
known as
temazcal in Spanish, from the
Nahuatl word
temazcalli, a
compound of
temaz ("steam") and
calli ("house"),
consists of a room...
- uses only hot dry air). In the
Americas there is the
Nahuatl (Aztec)
temāzcalli Nahuatl pronunciation: [temaːsˈkalːi], Maya zumpul-ché, and the Mixtec...
-
Mesoamerican bath,
known as
temazcal in Spanish, from the
Nahuatl word
temazcalli, a
compound of
temaz ("steam") and
calli ("house"),
consists of a room...
- California,
United States. The word "temescal" is
derived from temescalli/
temazcalli (variously transliterated),
which means "sweat house" in the
Nahuatl language...
