Tianquiztli

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Tianquiztli is Pleiades.

Etymology and History

The group of stars that we know as Pleiades symbolized for the Mexicas Tianquiztli, which means market, perhaps because of the crowd that gathers on them, they're generally represented by one or two people inside a circle with goods.[1][2][3]

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

Reference

  1. ↑ Herbert J. Spinden (1916). The Question of the Zodiac in America. New Series, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Jan. - Mar., 1916), pp. 53-80. doi: https://www.jstor.org/stable/660290
  2. ↑ LOS CÓDICES DE MÉXICO pdf
  3. ↑ Códices coloniales de México
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