[Aztlan] Re: Stars in Sahagun

[D. M. Urquidi]

--- "D. M. Urquidi" <deamayaspin at yahoo.com> wrote:
Historia General De Las Cosas de Nueva Espana /Libro
Septimo, Cspitulo III, De Las Estrellas  Llamada
Masterlejos,.Edited by Angel Maria Garibay K.
Editorial Porrua, SA. . . .Vols. 1-4, pp. 262-263

Another point I did not present is that there is no
Spanish word Mastelejos, instead it is Masteleros. . .
(scribe could easily elongate the "r" into a "j"). It
translates as the "main mast of a ship." That agrees
with the fact that Cygnus is also called the Norther
Cross, a much better mast that the Southern Cross that
is a bit lopsided.
 
The times for the rising of the stars is a false
statement I think because it actually duplicates the
angles for the three stars Deneb, Vega and Altair on a
clock face.  Not only that but it is the direct
opposite the Peruvian version found in Bauer' and
Dearborn's book.  p. 106 (picture of the three stars
in reverse). . .I think Sahagun had to give it a 90
degree turn though to make it into a mirror image.

Mammahuatztl is another word in that section about the
stars. One of the translations for that word is the
"sticks used to create fire."  Another good reason to
use the Northern Cross instead of Orion for the three
hearthstones.  A small bow across the shaft and one
can create fire easily with cotton, or wood shavings
for the "Oven" of the gods.
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> reference in Sahagun?
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> John F. Schwaller
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D. M. Urquidi
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