AZ: (PG13) San Juan Teperico

[Craig Berry]

On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Richard Haly wrote:

> So: In the Sierra Norte de Puebla there is an image in a church of San
> Juan Teperico. This particular San Juan whose "last name" is
> appropriately a hybrid of Nahuatl (tepetl/mountain) and Spanish
> (rico/rich) is the focus of prayers for money. San Juan Teperico lives
> in the lower world - Talocan -

If you mean 'Tlalocan', that's more of an upper world -- a rich mountain,
well watered (needless to say), and thus fitting the name 'teperico'.  The
lower world (literally) is 'Mictlan'.

Still wondering what the PG13 content was in this...?

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