2009, Number 3
Tlaloc and Ascites, and Hepatic and Cardiac Ailments
Viesca-Treviño C, Macuil-García C, Monzón-Barranco A, Rosas-Peña J
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ABSTRACT
Ascites has been a common pathological sign among prehispanic Mexican people, as a result from hepatic and cardiac ailments. In this sense it represents a significant epidemiological problem. But it also is important because is related to Tlaloc and the rain gods and goddesses. The hidropic body is a symbolic water container and have a special function: serve as a Tlaloc and related gods vehicle to transport the precious liquid. In this paper we analyze the Tlaloc role as water and alimentary substances provider and his capital importance for people survival. We also describe five different plastic ways to represent water in the body, all of them with clear relationship to Tlaloc.REFERENCES
Brotherson G. Los cerros Tláloc: su representación en los códices. En: Broda J, Beatriz A, coordinadoras. Graniceros. Cosmovisión y meteorología indígena de Mesoamérica, México: El Colegio Mexiquense/Instituto de Investigaciones Antropológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; 1997. p. 25-48, 49-90, 59.