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Folkloric ballet of El Salvador. The folklore of El Salvador shares common traits with the rest of the Mesoamerican region. In El Salvador, the presence of the ancestral civilizations of the Mayans, Toltecs, Nahuas, among others, left their presence in many aspects of daily life in the region.
Lenca mythology is the set of religious and mythological beliefs of the Lenca people from Honduras and El Salvador, before and after the conquest of America. [1] Little of these beliefs have been documented, due to colonization and the adoption of the Catholic faith after the 16th century.
Pages in category "Salvadoran mythology" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cadejo; Cipitio; H.
Annotated image of Xipe Totec sculpture. In Aztec mythology, Xipe Totec (/ ˈ ʃ iː p ə ˈ t oʊ t ɛ k /; Classical Nahuatl: Xīpe Totēc [ˈʃiːpe ˈtoteːk(ʷ)]) or Xipetotec [3] ("Our Lord the Flayed One") [4] was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths, liberation, deadly warfare, the seasons, [5] and the earth. [6]
Lencan mythology – a Central American people of southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. Maya mythology – an ancient Central American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. Olmec religion – an ancient Central American people of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco.
Orders, decorations, and medals of El Salvador (2 C, 2 P) Pages in category "National symbols of El Salvador" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Handbook of Mesoamerican Mythology. Oxford: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-85109-340-0. OCLC 43879188. Torres Cisneros, Gustavo (2004). "Mixes: Pueblos indígenas del México Contemporaneo" (in Spanish). Comisión Nacional para el Desarollo de los Pueblos Indígenas, Mexico. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17
In Guatemala the Sihuanaba is known as La Siguanaba; she is known as Cigua in Honduras, Ciguanaba in El Salvador and as Cegua in Costa Rica. Although the name varies from place to place, the appearance and actions of the Sihuanaba remain unchanged. [11]