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toltec::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | nahuatl |
Examples of toltec
toltec
It was not created by or for the band, but is a cave drawing of probably toltec origin.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A member of the Nahuatl speaking people of central and southern Mexico
- The Toltec culture is an archaeological Mesoamerican culture that dominated a state centered in Tula, Hidalgo in the early post-classic period of Mesoamerican chronology (ca 800-1000 CE). ...
- The term "Toltec" is used in the works of writer Carlos Castaneda to denote a person who has achieved a high state of spiritual awareness. ...
- (TOLTECS) A tribe of warlike natives that invaded the Mayan realm about the time of KULKULCAN. TOLTEC warlords can be found holding "fire cannons" or "flaming fire-rods" on several stele in what is now Central America. ...
- (Toltecs) Nomadic peoples from beyond the northern frontier of the sedentary agricultural area in Mesoamerica; established capital of Tula following migration into central Mesoamerican plateau; strongly militaristic ethic including cult of human sacrifice. (p. 210)
- (Toltecs) Powerful postclassic empire in central Mexico (900-1168 C.E.). It influenced much of Mesoamerica. Aztecs claimed ties to this earlier civilization. (p. 305)
- Native Americans from the city of Tollan.
- (Nahuatl) A pre-Hispanic ethnic group whose center was the city of Tula. In the 15th and 16th centuries, both before and after the conquest, Tula and the Toltecs were understood as paragons of high culture by indigenous people of Central Mexico.
- (TOL-tec) a civilization that flourished in Central Mexico from 950 to 1150 from whom the Mexica claimed legitimacy and ancestral ties.
