ANTHRO 41A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Otomi People, Spanish Conquest Of The Aztec Empire, Pedro De Alvarado
25 Mar 2016
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The divine/heavenly: head region, closest to god. The celestial: upper body, such as the heart: representations of courage, bravery, trust and loyalty. The terrestrial: lower half of body, darker side of humanity. Human body = relection of larger universe. God has positioned the stars, planets, zodiac, sun and moon exactly according to his divine plan. Macrocosmos (big universe): how the universe began from a small amount and built up overall. The entire universe and the stars align according to god"s plan. The divine/sacred image: hand with chain controlling mother nature. The terrestrial/earthly: man, earthly things, nature: mother nature in the image, crescent moon = fertility, sunrays from breast = goodness from mother nature. Mother nature is controlled by god and is doing what god wants. The macrocosmos relect on to the physical universe and then the microcosmos relect on how our body reacts to the universe: columbus 1492. Found people and called them native indians.
