article on Aztecs

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Sun Aug 8 05:43:56 UTC 1999


In a message dated 8/7/99 11:55:17 PM EST, rhaly at ix.netcom.com writes:

<< From this little bit I get the sense that there is some PC/New Age
 revisionism going on here based on a lack of understanding of Nahuatl.
 Zenteotl is doubtfully from Cen "whole, all" but from Centli/cintli, maize.

 Richard Haly >>

There is Centeotl, Ometeotl, yehecatl, naollin, macuilteotl.  I wonder if
there is some sort of a pattern here?  I wonder if there is support for the
belief that centeotl comes from centli except for the similarity of names.



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