[Aztlan] the term Anahuac

[John F. Schwaller]

I have gone through both Simeon and Molina and 
neither has Anahualt.  In fact that is a spelling 
I have never seen and would be hard pressed to 
even begin to figure out what it means.  Simeon 
has the traditional gloss of Anahuac as the place 
near water, saying that it designated not only 
the Valley of Mexico but the Aztec realm 
stretching from sea to sea.  I find this latter to be disingenuous.

Curiously, Molina does not include Anahuac at 
all.  The only word he lists that is even related 
is "anauacayotl" "things brought in from nearby 
regions "cosas que se traen de tierras comarcanas."

I have near heard of "The Anawaka people" and in 
a quick search of the literature could not find 
any references.  This post implies that the 
mesoamerican peoples had a broad and general 
knowledge of civilizations in South America, for 
which I am unaware of any solid evidence.



At 12:26 PM 5/2/2006, you wrote:
>Yes, thats precisely the understanding that I 
>have for "Anahuac", in fact, I think its either 
>Simeon or Molina who have "Anahuac" spelled, "Anahuatl".
>
>Pancho
>
>
>>From: villas <villas at anawak.com>
>>To: "David Becraft" <david_becraft at hotmail.com>
>>CC: deneen at valley.net, aztlan at lists.famsi.org
>>Subject: Re: [Aztlan] the term Anahuac
>>Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:38:00 -0400
>>
>>Nikan Anawak = Hasta aqui Anawak. Emperor 
>>Iturbide tried to name his Empire "Imperio de 
>>Anahuac", it was obvioulsy an idea around the 
>>time to name the new Nation Anahuac and not 
>>Mexico. According to the some Arquelogists, The 
>>Anawaka people though of Cem Anawak as the 
>>region between the tropics, with two polar 
>>cultures, the Mesoamerican and the Incan, but 
>>they saw realistically that their Señorio extended only to Nikan Anawak.
>>
>>Marcos
>>
>
>
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