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Party fit for a Queen on list ; KENILWORTH: Inventory shines light on Earl's efforts to woo Elizabeth
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HISTORY buffs have been offered a fascinating insight into life
at Kenilworth Castle.
English Heritage, which owns the site, has revealed the details
of a 16th Century inventory of the castle, home to Robert Dudley,
Earl of Leicester at Kenilworth Castle, who was said to be Queen
Elizabeth I's favourite.
A chessboard of black ebony with checkers, crystals and other
stones, the tusk of a sea bear, and curtains of crimson satin
striped with a bone lace of gold and silver are just a few of the
entries listed in the inventory.
The list details several hundreds of household items in the ...
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Mockeries and Metamorphoses of an Aztec God: Tezcatlipoca, Lord of the Smoking Mirror
Magazine article from: The Americas
; ...Metamorphoses of an Aztec God: Tezcatlipoca, "Lord of the Smoking Mirror...Olivier's work promises to bring Tezcatlipoca to center stage thanks to this complex and thorough study. Tezcatlipoca took on many different guises and...
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Celebrating Tezcatlipoca.(religious festival of Aztecs)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; The ancient god Tezcatlipoca, or "Smoking Mirror," was one...identifies him. Known by 360 names, Tezcatlipoca was associated with the sun, leadership...See also pages 36-38.) Because Tezcatlipoca's festival celebrated the period...
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"Smoking Mirror" was his name--and he needed human sacrifices.(CELEBRATING TEZCATLIPOCA)
Magazine article from: Dig
; The Aztec god Tezcatlipoca, or Smoking Mirror, was associated...that made up each Aztec month. Tezcatlipoca's festival celebrated the period...youth would give a human form to Tezcatlipoca. Thus, the Aztecs considered the...
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Mexicans see potholes in `Road to El Dorado'
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...commercials and trailers," said Olin Tezcatlipoca, director of the Mexica Movement...indigenous characters portrayed," Tezcatlipoca said, "one is pure evil, another...seductive nature, but according to Tezcatlipoca, their bigger concern should be with...
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Cristos negros.(Landscape)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin
; ...temple dedicated to Yacatecuhtli. Tezcatlipoca, another Aztec deity, was black...s save that for another article.) Tezcatlipoca, according to some anthropologists...Mexico city) there was a temple to Tezcatlipoca which the Spaniards destroyed and replaced...
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A remarkable find; the headless skeleton was the clue.(ancient burial discovered in Zacatecas, Mexico)
Magazine article from: Dig
; ...shared many of the characteristics with Tezcatlipoca and some of the rituals associated...carefully positioned. They represent Tezcatlipoca's eight attendants. Just under the...about 16-22 years old. This was the Tezcatlipoca ixiptla. Near the skeleton, four...
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Immigration issues at crux of protest
Newspaper article from: Pasadena Star-News
; ...can't have it both ways." Olin Tezcatlipoca of the Mexica Movement countered that...the Klan without the hood," said Tezcatlipoca, whose side outnumbered the anti...just want legal immigration." While Tezcatlipoca stopped short of calling for the abolition...
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Opposing immigration groups face off at protest
Newspaper article from: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
; ...can't have it both ways." Olin Tezcatlipoca of the Mexica Movement countered that...the Klan without the hood," said Tezcatlipoca, whose side outnumbered the anti...want legal immigration." Although Tezcatlipoca stopped short of calling for the abolition...
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Wind brings music to earth: an Aztec myth.(Reading Corner)
Magazine article from: Appleseeds
; Tezcatlipoca (tez-caht-lee-PO-cah), the...place of sadness. The silence made Tezcatlipoca's eyes fill with tears. He called...clattered. "Brother Wind," said Tezcatlipoca, "Earth has light and color and fruit...
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THE BLESSING WAY: LEGEND OF QUETZALCOATL, LORD OF MESOAMERICA.(Vecinos/People)
Newspaper article from: Taos News (Taos, NM)
; ...their dominion by conquest, especially by his main rival Tezcatlipoca, known as "Smoking Mirror." The latter demanded human...planet Venus. Another version of the legend has it that Tezcatlipoca got him to drink pulque, and under its influence he slept...
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