Tonal (mythology)
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Tonal is a concept within the study of Mesoamerican religion, cosmology, folklore, and anthropology. It is a belief found in many indigenous Mesoamerican cultures that a person upon being born acquire
Sculpture known as “Señor de Las Limas”, Archaeological Museum of Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Tōnalpōhualli
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The tōnalpōhualli, meaning "count of days" in Nahuatl, is a Mexica version of the 260-day calendar in use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. This calendar is solar and consists of 20 13-day periods. Each t
Tonal (mythology)
…The word comes from the Nahuatl word tonalli, meaning "day" or "daysign". In the Aztec belief system, the day of a person's birth calculated in the tōnalpōhualli would determine the nature of the person – each day was associated with an animal which could have a strong or weak aspect. The person born on the day…
Page 11 reverse from Codex Magliabechiano, showing four day-symbols of the tōnalpōhualli: (ce = one) Flint/Knife tecpatl, (ōme = two) Rain quiahuitl, (ēyi = three) Flower xōchitl, and (nāhui = four) Caiman/Crocodile (cipactli), with Spanish descriptions.
Tonalpōhualli calendar representation
Flower, Rain, Flint, Earthquake
Water, Rabbit, Deer