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Toltec
Toltec , ancient civilization of Mexico. The name in Nahuatl means "master builders." The Toltec formed a warrior aristocracy that gained ascendancy in the Valley of Mexico c.AD 900 after the fall of Teotihuacán. Their early history is obscure but they seem to have had ancient links with ... Read more
Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca , ancient deity of the Toltec in Mexico. Identified with the night sky, the moon, and the stars, and associated with the forces of evil and destruction, Tezcatlipoca shared dominion over humanity with Quetzalcoatl , the god of light and good. Of the various legends surrounding their ... Read more
Tula
Tula , ancient city in the present state of Hidalgo, central Mexico. It was one of the chief urban centers of the Toltec . The city is believed to be Tollán, the legendary Toltec capital mentioned in a number of postconquest sources, including Bernardino de Sahagún's Historia General... Read more
Cuernavaca
Cuernavaca , city (1990 pop. 279,187), capital of Morelos state, S Mexico, in the Cuernavaca Valley. Increasingly a suburb of Mexico City (to the north), Cuernavaca has flour mills and beverage, textile, and cement industries. It is also a popular tourist and health resort. In the city are beautiful... Read more
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl [Nahuatl,=feathered serpent], ancient deity and legendary ruler of the Toltec in Mexico. The name is also that of a Toltec ruler, who is credited with the discovery of corn, the arts, science, and the calendar. It is unclear whether the ruler took his name from the god or as a great ... Read more
Hidalgo
Hidalgo , state (1990 pop. 1,888,366), 8,058 sq mi (20,870 sq km), central Mexico. Pachuca de Soto is the capital. Crossed by the Sierra Madre Oriental, the state is extremely mountainous; in the southern and western areas, however, are plains and fertile valleys lying within Mexico's central plat... Read more
Monte Albán
Monte Albán , ancient city, c.7 mi (11.3 km) from Oaxaca, SW Mexico, capital of the Zapotec . Monte Albán was built on an artificially leveled, rocky promontory above the Valley of Oaxaca. Located around an enormous plaza about 1,000 ft (300 m) long and 650 ft (198 m) wide are long, l... Read more
pre-Columbian art and architecture
pre-Columbian art and architecture works of art and structures created in Central and South America before the arrival of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere. For many years the regions that are now Mexico and Guatemala and the Andean region of South America had been the cradle of indigenous civili... Read more
Mixtec
Mixtec , Native American people of Oaxaca, Puebla, and part of Guerrero, SW Mexico, one of the most important groups in Mexico. Although the Mixtec codices constitute the largest collection of pre-Columbian manuscripts in existence, their origin is obscure. Before the arrival (700?) of the Toltec ... Read more
snake worship
snake worship The snake has been variously adored as a regenerative power, as a god of evil, as a god of good, as Christ (by the Gnostics), as a phallic deity, as a solar deity, and as a god of death. It has also served as the symbol of Satan and many deities, including Apollo and the Egyptian god ... Read more

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Toltec
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Toltec , ancient civilization of Mexico. The name in Nahuatl means "master builders." The Toltec formed a warrior aristocracy that gained...culture. Cholula is considered to be a Toltec site. Toltec civilization was materially...
Tula
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...one of the chief urban centers of the Toltec . The city is believed to be Tollán, the legendary Toltec capital mentioned in a number of postconquest...former was surmounted by a temple to the Toltec hero-god Quetzalcoatl and had unusual...
K'iche'
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...after the fall of Tula in Mexico, the Toltec moved south and invaded the K'iche' region. Around a.d. 1250, the Toltec gained control over the region and...courts, and urban life. Although Toltec domination changed the K'iche' way...
Quetzalcoatl
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...ancient deity and legendary ruler of the Toltec in Mexico. The name is also that of a Toltec ruler, who is credited with the discovery...by Tezcatlipoca, was driven from Tula, the Toltec capital, and wandered for many years until...
pre-Columbian art and architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...be a factor in Maya civilization. The Toltec After the fall of Teotihuacá...warring factions. One of these, the Toltec , made their capital at Tula (c.900...northwest of Teotihuacán. The Toltec achieved power and dominated much of N...
Otomí of the Valley of Mezquital
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...The first Nahua who arrived were the Toltec who established themselves by force toward...Otom í were incorporated into the Toltec Empire as a subject people. In the twelfth...invaded the highlands; they destroyed the Toltec capital of Tula around the year 1200...
Tezcatlipoca
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Tezcatlipoca , ancient deity of the Toltec in Mexico. Identified with the night sky, the moon, and the stars, and associated...feud, one of the most important tells of Quetzalcoatl's expulsion from Tula , the Toltec capital.
Otomí of the Sierra
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...began in the Preclassic period in central Mexico. The legendary Toltec traversed the Sierra Otom í region, which was probably...important races in central Mexico. Between the fall of the Toltec Empire at Tula, in 1168, and the rise of the Aztec in 1400...
Mexico and Central America
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...the enchanter or sorcerer in Aztec society. For example, the Toltec god Quetzalcoatl who, in early times was regarded as a culture...sorcerers. In their efforts to rid themselves of the entire Toltec race, the traditional aborigines of Mexico, the incoming race...
Yukateko
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...the void. By a.d. 1000, the emerging central-Mexican Toltec apparently established dominance during what is called the Postclassic...the Mesoamerican trade network. Following the demise of the Toltec, beginning about AD. 1250, the Yukateko lived in regional...

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Toltec architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Toltec architecture. See aztec architecture .
Toltec
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Tol·tec / ˈtōlˌtek; ˈtäl- / • n. 1. a member of an American Indian people that flourished in Mexico before the Aztecs. 2. the language of this people. • adj. of or relating to this people. DERIVATIVES: Tol·tec·an /
Indian Mounds
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Creek" centers. In the Arkansas River valley, the site called Toltec has eighteen platform mounds and open plazas enclosed by a semicircular embankment of earth. However, like others of its type, Toltec was abandoned as a result of yet another new mound-building...
Mexico
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...OLMEC (Gulf Coast), MAYA (Yucatán), Teotihuacán (Central Valley), Zapotec and Mixtec (Oaxaca), TOLTEC (North Central), western cultures, and AZTECS . The conquest of the Aztec empire by CORTÉS was complete by 1521...
plume
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable plume plumed serpent a mythical creature depicted as part bird, part snake, in particular Quetzalcóatl, a god of the Toltec and Aztec civilizations having this form. See also borrowed plumes at borrow .
Quetzalcóatl
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Quetzalcóatl the plumed serpent god of the Toltec and Aztec civilizations. Traditionally the god of the morning and evening star, he later became known as the patron of priests...
Diffusion, Cultural
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...similarities. In a subsequent series of publications, they suggested possible Hindu-Buddhist influences on the Maya and the Toltec. The methodology of new diffusionists such as Ekholm and Heine-Geldern differed markedly from that of their predecessors...
Aztec
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...before the Spanish conquest of the 16th century. The Aztecs arrived in the central valley of Mexico after the collapse of the Toltec civilization in the 12th century. Their rich and elaborate civilization centred on the city of Tenochtitlán, which...
Zapotec architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture ...Zapotec architecture. The Zapotec civilization of Meso-America produced buildings that were similar to those of the Maya , Toltec, Aztec , and other groups, with a clear distinction between the substructure and superstructure. The religious centre of...
Swimming
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...paddle." Swimmers appear in artwork on Egyptian tombs, in Assyrian stone carvings, in Hittite and Minoan drawings, and in Toltec murals. Ancient gladiators swam while training, and Plato believed that a man who could not swim was uneducated. Contemporaries...

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Author masters her reality the Toltec way
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin; 9/15/2000; 700+ words ; face=+Bold; The Toltec Way:face=-Bold; By Susan Gregg...books. Gregg's latest book, "The Toltec Way: A Guide to Personal Transformation...the tools she used with her mentor, Toltec master don Miguel Ruiz, who taught her...
HISTORICAL METROLOGY AND A RECONSIDERATION OF THE TOLTEC MODULE
Magazine article from: Southeastern Archaeology; 7/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; The Toltec Module of 47.5 m has been proposed as...measurement employed in the layout of the Toltec Mounds site in central Arkansas (Sherrod...that as it is currently formulated, the Toltec Module is untenable as a prehistoric unit...
INTERFACE ANNOUNCES EXPECTED ACQUISITION OF THE ASSETS OF TOLTEC FABRICS
PR Newswire; 5/19/1995; 700+ words ; ...acquire substantially all of the assets of Toltec Fabrics, Inc. Details of the financial...expected to take place within 30 days. Toltec Fabrics, Inc. is a closely held manufacturer...home furnishings upholstery markets. Toltec Fabrics markets its contract fabrics primarily...
Former Shell Group CIO and former Le Meridien Worldwide Director of HR announce launch of Toltec Network.
M2 Presswire; 2/13/2004; 648 words ; M2 PRESSWIRE-13 February 2004-Toltec Network Ltd: Former Shell Group CIO and...Worldwide Director of HR announce launch of Toltec Network(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...with four other industry experts to found Toltec Network Ltd. Together with Lars Clausen...
Toltec Hotel in Trinidad, Colo., will get a new look with lofts, shops, offices.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 12/8/2004; 700+ words ; ...the city to purchase the 94-year-old Toltec Hotel, one of historic Trinidad's most...downtown building a block away from the Toltec and is noted for building restorations...owner of the adjacent vacant lot to the Toltec, who has right of refusal on the Toltec...
STEAMING INTO HISTORY: CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD CELEBRATES 125 YEARS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/23/2006; 700+ words ; ...mighty puff of steam, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad proudly begins its 125th...Saturday, May 27. The Cumbres & Toltec is a historic gem, owned by the people...Beginning at 9 a.m. at the Cumbres & Toltec station in Antonito, former New Mexico...
Train keeps a-rollin': Cumbres & Toltec hits 125th year, names caboose after state senator.
Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado); 5/28/2006; 700+ words ; ...little, narrow-gauge Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad celebrates its 125th birthday...member Wayne Quinlan said. Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission chairman David...Entz with a plaque. The Cumbres & Toltec began in 1879 as part of Gen. William...
INTERFACE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF TOLTEC FABRICS
PR Newswire; 6/14/1995; 700+ words ; ...today the closing of its acquisition of Toltec Fabrics, Inc. While detailed financial...expected to be additive to earnings. Toltec Fabrics, Inc., with administrative...calendar year 1994 exceeded $20 million. Toltec markets its contract fabrics principally...
GOVS. OWENS, RICHARDSON RESTRUCTURE CUMBRES, TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD COMMISSION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/27/2006; 700+ words ; ...to a reorganization of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission. The agreement...self-sufficiency for the Cumbres and Toltec." Built in 1880, the railway covers...joint ownership of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad ("C&TSR...
CUMBRES & TOLTEC SCENIC RAILROAD BETTER THAN EVER
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/4/2007; 581 words ; ...clean and shiny as the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is in full throttle for...Chama. "The folks at the Cumbres & Toltec are to be commended for their efforts." The Cumbres & Toltec is owned by the people of Colorado and...