Text, Different kinds of death

Dr David J Guzman National Museum of El Salvador, San Salvador

Mesoamerican vision of the cosmos. Mictlantecuhtli. Natural death without distinction of classes. Tlalocan. Drowned in any body of water, death by pneumonia, leprosy, respiratory affections and struck by lightning. Tonatiuh. Death of warriors during battle, dead women during first birth and victims of sacrifice. Cinteotl. Newborn that died during birth.


Mesoamerican vision of the cosmos

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