Fwd(2): Re: About the word "teotl" and Ometeotl

[Michael Swanton]

Does the distinction between natural and
“supernatural” have a place in indigenous religion(s)
of Mesoamerica? That is, were divine powers understood
to be beyond the natural world or part of it?


--- Craig Berry <cberry at cine.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Ramiro Medrano wrote:
> 
> > Does "teotl" translate to "inexplicable,"
> "powerful," "untouchable," or
> > maybe even "divine"? It makes sense to me.
> 
> My attempt at a single-word translation is
> "supernatural", in both the
> senses of that word.  A horse is a "supernatural
> deer" in the sense that
> it is shaped like a deer, but is bigger and stronger
> than a deer, and
> behaves very differently from a deer.  Thus it is
> "outside nature".  A god
> is "supernatural" in a different (but ultimately
> related) sense.
> 
> So for example "Ometeotl" is "supernatural duality",
> the concept of "two"
> expressed outside all normal experience and natural
> limits.
> 
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