Resumen

JOHANSSON K, Patrick. Tamoanchan: a verbal image of the origin. Estud. cult. náhuatl [online]. 2015, vol.49, pp.59-92. ISSN 0071-1675.

Mythical place symbolically defined in narrative accounts, images and rituals, Tamoanchan can also be situated in the sonorous dimension of the term that refers it. To the acoustic hierophany of the word should be added an etymological root, which might provide information on the original meaning of the concept. After some general considerations about a Prehispanic "theology" of sounds, we will analyze the term which designs the place/concept known as Tamoanchan, in nahuatl and teenek languages.

Palabras llave : Tamoanchan; sound; word; meaning; etymology; nahuatl; teenek; crossing; house; existence.

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