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| Supreme god of the Mesoamerican pantheon |
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| Aztec old god, forst companion of mankind, shown with a brazier on this head |
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| One of the four Aztec creator gods, also god of learning and crafts, twins and most famously, feathered or plumed serpent |
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| Aztec god of sun and war, embodiment of the Aztec ideology of sacrifice |
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| Aztec rain god, who brought agricultural prosperity as well as death |
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| Mayan god typically shown with a cob of maize sprouting from his head |
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| Mayan chief god, supreme creator deity |
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| Inca god of thunder and weather, especially rain |
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| Most important INca god, the supreme creator |
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| Inca sun god with a human face |
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| The Mesoamerican myths were often preoccupied with imagery of... |
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| The Aztecs believed in five successive world eras, or suns; the fourth sun was destoyed by... |
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| The Mesoamerican myth "Quetzalcoatl and the Dog-headed God" explained... |
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| creation of the human race |
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| The Aztec myth "Sacrifices at the Great Temple" explained that sacrificed warriors lived... |
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| incide the bodies of hummingbirds |
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| The Aztec myth "Tlaloc the Rain God" said that if children being sacrificed cried, their tears represented... |
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| The Mayan myth "The Hero Twins and the Ball Game" tricked the gods by... |
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| cutting and repairing themselves, the ndismembered the gods when they wanted the same |
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| The "Origin Myth of the Incas" tells of all these except... |
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| the sun and sky coming together tocreate the first humans, the Incas |
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| The myth of "Viracocha and Creation" says that Viracocha had two tries, the first time creating... |
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| giants out of stone, but they were killed in the great flood |
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| The myth of the "Apus (Mountain Spirits) and the Golden Crowbar" explained... |
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| the founding of Cuzco, Peru |
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| All of these are true of the legend of El Dorado except... |
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| the new king was thrown into the lake and had to swim back to shore |
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| In the INca myth of "Ilyap'a and Rain," Ilyap'a... |
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| drew water from the Milky Way and stored it in a jug which was released when shattered with a slingshot (lightening bolt) |
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| The Incas felt the myth of "The Return of Viracocha" was fulfilled when... |
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| the Spanish discovered Peru |
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| The Inca myth "The Llama and the Partridge" refers to... |
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| two constellations, one of which (the Llama) drinks water from the earth to prevent flooding |
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| The South American forest people's myth "The Origin of Fire" explains that... |
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| a young boy stole fire from the jaguar |
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| According to South American belief, a dead shaman's soul is thought to change into his dangerous alter ego, a... |
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