In Central America, the north was regarded as the place of a distant ancestral home, from where great-ancestors came.
n the Mayan language, the north was called xam-aan - "VISAPPEARING BEHIND" - it was the afterlife.
The constellation Ursa Minor had the same name, and Alpha Ursa Minor or the North Star was considered disappearing behind and the habitat of the ancestors.
The world of the living was on the opposite side of the Milky Way.
It was called - BIG ENTRANCE, there are opinions that the human brain is arranged in the same way, the right hemisphere is responsible for the memory of the past, and the left one has some connection with the information "entering" it.
They also believed that if you ask the Polar Star a question, it will answer. The Milky Way is the path of the dead in space from birth to death and rebirth, he divided the Zodiac belt into two unequal parts.In Central America, the north was regarded as the place of the ancestral home, where the ancestors came from.
In the Mayan language, the north was called xam-aan - "THE DISAPPEARING BEHIND" - it was the other world.
The Ursa Minor constellation had the same name, and Alpha Ursa Minor or the North Star was considered to be "disappearing behind" and the place of residence of the ancestors.
The world of the living was located on the opposite side of the Milky Way.
It was called - THE BIG ENTRY, there are opinions that the human brain is arranged in the same way, the right hemisphere is responsible for the memory of the past, and the left has some connection with the "information that enters" it.
They also believed that if you ask the North Star a question, she will answer it. The Milky Way, the path of the dead in space from birth to death and rebirth, divided the Zodiac belt into two unequal parts. RYABOVA - Scientific ideas of the ancient MayaA.Yu.ALEXEEV, N.A.BOKOVENKO, V.Yu.ZUEV, V1.A.SEMEN0V
PRIESTHOOD AND SHAMANISM IN THE SCYTHIAN PERIOD
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