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| ==== Maize-kernel casting ==== | ==== Maize-kernel casting ==== |
| Often advice was sought from a "daykeeper", or [[Tonalpouhque]], who would determine the possible "good" or "bad" days affecting illnesses, dreams, or events. In addition to consulting the [[calendars|Tonalpohualli]], the daykeepers would also cast maize kernels as a divinatory tool to help them better interpret the calendar. {{ :maize-kernel_casting.jpg?nolink&400|}}The maize served as an extension of the earth and the Teteoh representing the sacred, and was also a vehicle of communication between humans and ancestors and other divinities. Today, the most common method of maize-casting uses 16 or 18 kernels of different colors, and distinguishes between the two sides of the kernel as the side facing up in the casting will influence the interpretation. As a generalization, the front side is seen as typically "positive" and the back side is "negative". The maize is cast on top of a piece of cloth and the positions of the thrown maize are then interpreted and given narrative. ((Rojas, 2016. Reading Maize: A Narrative and Psychological Approach to the Study of Divination in Mesoamerica. Leiden University, The Netherlands)) | Often advice was sought from a "daykeeper", or [[Tonalpouhque]], who would determine the possible "good" or "bad" days affecting illnesses, dreams, or events. In addition to consulting the calendars, the daykeepers would also cast maize kernels as a divinatory tool to help them better interpret the calendar. {{ :maize-kernel_casting.jpg?nolink&400|}}The maize served as an extension of the earth and the Teteoh representing the sacred, and was also a vehicle of communication between humans and ancestors and other divinities. Today, the most common method of maize-casting uses 16 or 18 kernels of different colors, and distinguishes between the two sides of the kernel as the side facing up in the casting will influence the interpretation. As a generalization, the front side is seen as typically "positive" and the back side is "negative". The maize is cast on top of a piece of cloth and the positions of the thrown maize are then interpreted and given narrative. ((Rojas, 2016. Reading Maize: A Narrative and Psychological Approach to the Study of Divination in Mesoamerica. Leiden University, The Netherlands)) |
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| ==== Obsidian mirrors ==== | ==== Obsidian mirrors ==== |
