The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Part 48

The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Part 48

TEOTIHUACAN=site of extensive ruins. Mexico.


TENOCH-TI-TLAN=name of capital of Mexico.


TEMISt.i.tAN=another ancient name for Mexican capital.


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OLD WORLD.


ASH=number six. Akkadian.


ASHURA=trading non-Aryan races, the Hitt.i.tes, worshippers of six G.o.ds, six seasons, of Pleiades and of Ashura Mazda, the Zend G.o.d. Established system of grouping six provinces around central royal province where king resided.


ASHVINS=stars which drove round the pole the constellations of Ursa Major and Draco, another name for Ashura? Sons of horse (ashva), brought barley to India, drank mead (madhu); inst.i.tuted the Ashva Medha, or horse-sacrifice of the Hindus, also used by North Germans Ugro-Finns, Scythians and Romans.


ASH, NAK-KASCH=Draco, Euphratean name for Polaris.


Ma.s.sEBA=stone pillar. Hebrew symbol, see p. 350.


ASHERAH=pole or tree, worshipped by Phnicians and Hebrews equivalent of Indian rain-pole.


AL-Fa.s.s=axis, Arabian name for pole-star.


PHAR-ASH-AH, PARR-ASIS=Hebrew and Phnician "guiding star," Polaris.


a.s.sUR=kingdom and G.o.d of a.s.syria.


ASAR=transcription of Osiris. Egypt (ONeil, p. 59).


ASIA=name given by Greeks to Asia.


ASKANIOS=ancient name of Phrygia.


ASTARTE=G.o.ddess of heaven, see p. 350.


a.s.s or aeSIR=Scandinavian G.o.ds.


a.s.sGARD=central, divine dwelling. Scandinavia.


UM-ASHI=reed shoot that sprouted when the earth, young and like unto floating oil, drifted about medusa-like. j.a.pan. (Records of Ancient Matters, section I.)


UMASHI-ASHI-KABI-HIKO-JI-NO-KAMI="Pleasant-reed-shoot-elder-deity," born from primaeval reed-shoot.


ASHI-HARA-NO-NAKA-TSU-KUNI=Land in the Middle of the Reed plains, common periphrastic designation of j.a.pan.


NEW WORLD.


AZTLAN=the original home of Aztec race, according to tradition.


AZTEC=name of dominant race. Mexico.


ASH-IWI=other name for Zuni tribe (Cushing, see p. 203).


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OLD WORLD.


O, ON or NO=name of celestial and terrestrial capitals. Hebrew and Egyptian.


OLYMPOS=the breaker or organizer of time (Hewitt, p. 514).


KOLONH=a hill, mound, Greek; Lat. tumulus.


COLONOS=a demos of Attica lying on and around hill sacred to Poseidon.


COLONIA=a colony, the Lat. colonia.


KOLOSSOS=statue in general, _i. e._ column?


OM-EL-KORA=mother of cities. Arabian, see p. 323.


OMPHALE=in Greek mythology, the fire socket, wife of Herakles, the fire drill (Hewitt).


HO=designation for directions in s.p.a.ce. China, see pp. 285-288.


HO=acme, taken to mean the best, highest, most showy part of anything.


j.a.panese (Chamberlain).(172)


HO=the lands acme, or a plain surrounded by mountains. j.a.pan (Motowori).


HOM=date-palm-sacred tree. Babylonia-a.s.syria (Sir Geo. Birdwood).


NEW WORLD.


HO, or TI-HOO=ancient capital of Yucatan, see p. 277.


HOM=mound. Maya.


HOMTAMIL=belly, _i. e._ omphalos.