Nahua

The association of sickness with disorder was a strong one in Nahua life; any form of sexual excess, immoderation in food or drink, any exposure to "filth" in both a physical and moral sense, could make one ill.

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

Many of these deities were represented as conjugal pairs, reflecting the concept of cosmic duality, which was one of the key organizing factors in Nahua culture.

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

Here the connections between illness and religion were deemphasized or left out entirely, leaving the impression of less supernatural involvement in Nahua medicine than there was in reality.

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

26These contrasting values were clearly reflected in Nahua concepts about the body, which depicted health as a state of equilibrium between the human body and the cosmic forces with which it was constantly interacting.

Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008

Careful comparisons of the various dialects of ancient Mexico have shown that, with the exceptions of some tribes in Vera Cruz, they all belonged to one stock-language; and so they are collectively known as the Nahua tribes.

The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races Emory Adams Allen

They speak distinct languages such as Purhépecha, Tzotzil, Nahua, Mayan, and many others.

Page 2 2009

They speak distinct languages such as Purhépecha, Tzotzil, Nahua, Mayan, and many others.

Dialect and Language discussion - pulled from another thread . . . 2009

They speak distinct languages such as Purhépecha, Tzotzil, Nahua, Mayan, and many others.

Dialect and Language discussion - pulled from another thread . . . 2009

Mole comes from the Nahua word mulli, which simply means 'sauce'.

Oaxaca please.......hold the mole? 2009

Mole comes from the Nahua word mulli, which simply means 'sauce'.

Oaxaca please.......hold the mole? 2009