Nagualism

According to Brinton (Nagualism, Philadelphia 1894, pp. 21, 39), there is among the Tzendals in addition to Ekchuah, a second black deity called

Representation of Deities of the Maya Manuscripts Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Vol. 4, No. 1 Paul Schellhas

Spain, we can manifestly trace the guiding fingers of the powerful though hidden hand of Nagualism.

Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

= There is another symbol, still venerated among the present indigenous population, which belongs to Nagualism, and is a survival from the ancient cult; this is the Tree.

Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

Ordoñez advances various erudite reasons for believing that Nagualism is a religious belief whose theory and rites were brought from Carthage by Punic navigators in ancient times.

Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

English language; nor has _Nagualism_ a place in any of the numerous encyclopædias or “Conversation Lexicons,” in English, French, German or

Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

= It will be seen from what I have said, that the rites of Nagualism extended as widely as did the term over Mexico and Central America.

Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

That mysterious bond, that secret organization, is _Nagualism_.

Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

= The details of the ceremonies and doctrines of Nagualism have never been fully revealed; but from isolated occurrences and partial confessions it is clear that its adherents formed a coherent association extending over most of southern Mexico and Guatemala, which everywhere was inspired by two ruling sentiments -- detestation of the Spaniards and hatred of the Christian religion.

Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

Such facts indicate how intimately the esoteric doctrines of Nagualism were related to the worship of the reproductive powers of nature.

Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868

Nagualism, carried on far into Christian times by the priests of this secret cult, as was fully recognized by the Catholic clergy.

Nagualism A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History Daniel Garrison Brinton 1868