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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Olmec
		The Olmec flourished during the Formative (or Preclassic) era, dating from 1200 BCE to about 400 BCE, and are believed to have been the progenitor civilization of later Mesoamerican civilizations.
		The Olmec domain extended from the Tuxtlas mountains in the west to the lowlands of the Chontalpa in the east, a region with significant variations in geology and ecology.
		The Olmec were perhaps the originators of the Mesoamerican ballgame, prevalent among later cultures of the region and used for recreational and religious purposes.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Olmec (556 words)

	Mayan Mythology
		In Mayan mythology, the gods and heroes had many different names and appearances, stories occurred in varying forms, and scenes and figures changed and shifted with confusing rapidity.
		Olmec art included images of jaguars and of creatures that were part jaguar, part human.
		The mythology that once expressed the visions and beliefs of much of Mesoamerica remains part of a culture that is still alive.
	www.mythencyclopedia.com /Le-Me/Mayan-Mythology.html (2089 words)

	Olmec mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		However surviving Olmec texts are few and the meaning of many of their glyphs remains obscure compared to the much more plentiful and better understood later Maya hieroglyphics or even compared to the Epi-Olmec script.
		Archaeologists believe that the Olmec and their culture were ancestral to later Mesoamerican peoples, including the Maya civilization, the inhabitants of the city of Teotihuacan, and the modern Mayan-speaking groups.
		The Toltecs portrayed the plumed serpent as Quetzalcoatl, the rival of Tezcatlipoca.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olmec_mythology (961 words)

	Learn more about Mythology in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion.
		Stories from scripture are usually not referred to as mythology except in a pejorative sense, but one can speak of a Jewish mythology, a Christian mythology, or an Islamic mythology, in which one describes the mythic elements within these faiths without speaking to the veracity of the faith's tenets or claims about its history.
		Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends, scientific mythology, and many other ways.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /m/my/mythology.html (881 words)

	Olmec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Olmec predominated in their lands from about 1200 BC to about 400 BC and they are, in fact, claimed by many to be the progenitors and mother culture of every primary element common to later Mesoamerican civilizations.
		Olmec mythology has left no documents comparable to the Popul Vuh from Maya mythology, and therefore any exposition of Olmec mythology must rely on interpretations of surviving monumental and portable art and comparisons with other Mesoamerican mythologies.
		In part because the Olmecs developed the first Mesoamerican civilization and in part because so little is known of the Olmecs (relative, for example, to the Maya or Aztec), a wide number of Olmec alternative origin speculations have been put forth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olmec (2700 words)

	Mythology
		Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion.
		For the purposes of this article, therefore, we use the word "mythology" to refer to stories that, while they may or may not be strictly factual, reveal fundamental truths and insights about human nature, often through the use of archetypes.
		Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends, scientific mythology, and many other ways.
	www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/m/my/mythology.html (903 words)

	Olmec Civilization, Crystalinks
		Olmec mythology has left no documents comparable to the Popul Vuh from Maya mythology, and therefore any exposition of Olmec mythology must rely on interpretations of surviving monumental and portable art and comparisons with other Mesoamerican mythologies.
		The Toltecs portrayed the plumed serpent as Quetzalcoatl, the rival of Tezcatlipoca.
		Olmec artists carved large man-jaguar warriors that are similar to the Egyptian sphinxes on display showing lions with the heads of gods or kings.
	www.crystalinks.com /olmec.html (7695 words)

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		For the ancient Olmec, Maya, and Aztec (Mexicas), the jaguar was a symbol of authority and one's prowess in hunting and battle, as well as an integral part of mythology and a powerful spirit companion for shamans.
		In the surviving Olmec archaeological record, jaguars are rarely portrayed naturalistically, but rather with a combination of feline and human characteristics.
		The jaguar is said to possess the transient ability of moving between worlds because of its comfort both in the trees and the water, the ability to hunt as well in the nighttime as in the daytime, and the habit of sleeping in caves, places often associated with the deceased ancestors.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Jaguars_in_Mesoamerican_culture (1515 words)

	Olmec stone head The Olmec were a people living in...
		Olmec stone head The "Olmec" were a people living in south-central Mexico Mexico, roughly what would now be the Veracruz Veracruz and Tabasco Tabasco regions of the Mexican isthmus.
		The Olmec predominated in their lands from about 1200 BC to about 800 BC; the best-known Olmec centers are at La Venta La Venta, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan, Tres Zapotes Tres Zapotes, Chalcatzingo, and La Mojarra Mojarra.
		The Olmec response to this environment was the construction of permanent cities, and they are, in fact, understood to be the progenitors of every primary element common to later MesoAmerican MesoAmerican civilizations.
	www.biodatabase.de /Olmec (508 words)

	Olmec
		The Olmec flourished during the Formative (or Preclassic) era, dating from 1200 BCE to about 400 BCE, and are believed to have been the progenitor civilization of later Mesoamerican civilizations.
		Olmec mythology has left no documents comparable to the Popul Vuh from Maya mythology, and therefore any exposition of Olmec mythology must rely on interpretations of surviving monumental and portable art (such as the Las Limas figure at top right), and comparisons with other Mesoamerican mythologies.
		The name "Olmec" means "rubber people" in Nahuatl, the language of the Mexica ("Azteca"), and was the Aztec name for the people who lived in the area of the Olmec heartland in the 15th and 16th centuries, some 2000 years after what we know as the Olmec culture died out.
	www.zdnet.co.za /o/l/m/Olmec.html (3403 words)

	Mythology - Monstropedia - the largest encyclopedia about monsters
		The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.
		In modern usage, mythology is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology) or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths.
		For the purposes of this article, therefore, the word mythology is used to refer to stories that, while they may or may not be strictly factual, reveal fundamental truths and insights about human nature, often through the use of archetypes.
	www.monstropedia.org /index.php?title=Mythology (2625 words)

	Mythology - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Mythology, the body of myths of a particular culture, and the study and interpretation of such myths.
		In Greek mythology, the earliest gods were Gaea (Earth) and Uranus (Heaven), and their children were called the Titans.
		Mythology has exerted a pervasive influence on the arts in all parts of the world from the earliest times.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761552210__1/Mythology.html (4665 words)

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		The Olmec II ceremonial center, by contrast, was clearly recognized by the original excavators to have gone through three major renovations under one continuous group of leaders; the area in question was termed 'Complex A' and its history divided into Phases I through IV.
		In this he is supported by the evidence from late Olmec stelae (particularly the famous Stele C from Upper Tres Zapotes) that the Olmecs used the same calendrical cycles as are later found in such abundance among the Mayans, including the Long Count in which the 400 year baktun is the initial unit.
		The Olmecs have been called the "people of the Jaguar" because that animal, chosen as the most ferocious known to them and thus the best symbol of a terrifying force which is divine and must be propitiated, was the major subject for the sculptor's skill.
	www.kronia.com /library/journals/olmecs.txt (6811 words)

	Science Fair Projects - Olmec mythology
		However surviving Olmec texts are few and the meaning of many of their glyphs remains obscure compared to the much more plentiful and better understood later Maya hieroglyphics.
		Archaeologists believe that the Olmec and their culture were ancestral to later Mesoamerican peoples, including the Maya civilization, the inhabitants of the city of Teotihuacan, and the modern Mayan speaking groups.
		Among the Olmec, gods are often depicted with a distinct cleft on the forehead, perhaps identifying this characteristic as divine.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Olmec_mythology (1175 words)

	Mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.
		In modern usage, mythology is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology) or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths.
		While in common usage of "myth", the word may indicate a fiction, or half-truth (and nearly all dictionaries include this definition), "myth" does not always imply that a story is either objectively false or true, it rather refers to a spiritual, psychological or symbolical notion of truth unrelated to materialist or objectivist notions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mythology (2700 words)

	Olmec. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		For this reason, the Olmec are often considered to be the cultura madre (mother culture) of later Mesoamerican civilizations.
		The Olmec were renowned for their sculpting skills and distinctive motifs, leaving numerous carved stelae, as well as freestanding jade and basalt sculptures.
		B.C., the distinctive features of Olmec culture disappeared and the region was overshadowed by the emerging central Mexican and Mayan civilizations.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ol/Olmec.html (363 words)

	Myths (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The word mythology (from the Greek words muthos, meaning a narrative, and logos, meaning a word or argument) literally means the study of myths, or stories of a particular culture that it believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.
		Mythology figures prominently in most religions, and most mythology is tied to at least one religion.
		Mythology is alive and well in the modern age through urban legends, New Age beliefs, certain aspects of religion and so forth.
	art.abcworld.net /Myths (2207 words)

	Olmec - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Olmec, indigenous people of the southern Gulf of Mexico who established the earliest civilization (c.
		Extended description of the Olmec, their art and monuments, their history, religion, and culture.
		The Olmec were an ancient pre-Columbian people living in the tropical lowlands of south-central Mexico, roughly in what are the modern-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Olmec.html (198 words)

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		The find of an Olmec hematite artifact, fitted with a sighting mark and found in experiment as fully operational as a compass, has led the American astronomer John Carlson after radiocarbon dating to propose that "the Olmec may have discovered and used the geomagnetic lodestone compass earlier than 1000 BC".
		Olmec mythology has left no documents comparable to the Popul Vuh from Maya mythology, and therefore any exposition of Olmec mythology must rely on interpretations of surviving monumental and portable art (such as the Las Limas figure at top right), and comparisons with other Mesoamerican mythologies.
		The name "Olmec" means "rubber people" in Nahuatl, the language of the Mexica ("Azteca"), and was the Aztec name for the people who lived in the area of the Olmec heartland in the 15th and 16th centuries, some 2000 years after what we know as the Olmec culture died out.
	www.timesdaily.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Olmec (4559 words)

	Mythology - Psychology Wiki
		The word mythology (Greek: μυθολογία, from μυθος mythos, a story or legend, and λογος logos, an account or speech) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use supernatural events or characters to explain the nature of the universe and humanity.
		In modern usage, mythology is either the body of myths from a particular culture or religion (as in Greek mythology, Egyptian mythology or Norse mythology) or the branch of knowledge dealing with the collection, study and interpretation of myths.
		Notably, during Romanticism, folktales and fairy tales were perceived as eroded fragments of earlier mythology (famously by the Brothers Grimm and Elias Lönnrot).
	psychology.wikia.com /wiki/Mythology (2764 words)

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		The Olmec flourished during the Formative (or Preclassic), dating from 1200 BCE to about 400 BCE, and are believed to have been the progenitor civilization of later Mesoamerican civilizations.
		Olmec mythology has left no documents comparable to the Popul Vuh from Maya mythology, and therefore any exposition of Olmec mythology must rely on interpretations of surviving monumental and portable art (such as the Las Limas figure at right), and comparisons with other Mesoamerican mythologies.
		In part because the Olmecs developed the first Mesoamerican civilization and in part because so little is known of the Olmecs (relative, for example, to the Maya or Aztec), a wide number of Olmec alternative origin speculations have been put forth.
	www.financechoices.co.uk /personal-finance-wiki.php?title=Olmec (4048 words)

	Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Until recently mythology meant Greek mythology, which is distinct in its concentration on stories of heroes and heroines, and its avoidance of the bizarre episodes in contemporary Near Eastern myths.
		Greek mythology was largely derived from Homer; it referred to a specific historical period (before the Trojan War); and it was, to a certain extent, rationalized and beautified by later writers.
		The study of mythology has given scholars a better understanding of the origins of culture and language and has revealed much of the history of modern religions.
	encyclozine.com /Mythology (1551 words)

	Olmec
		No Olmec or Olmec-influenced sacrificial artifacts have yet been discovered and there is no Olmec or Olmec-influenced artwork that unambiguously shows sacrificial victims (similar, for example, to the danzante figures of Monte Albán) or scenes of human sacrifice (such as can be seen in the Maya archaeological record).
		Olmec hematite artifact, fitted with a sighting mark and found in experiment as fully operational as a compass, has lead the American astronomer John Carlson after radiocarbon dating to conclude that "the Olmec may have discovered and used the geomagnetic lodestone compass earlier than 1000 BC".
		Olmec mythology has left no documents comparable to the Popul Vuh from Maya mythology, and therefore any exposition of Olmec mythology must rely on interpretations of surviving monumental and portable art (such as the Las Limas figure at right), and comparisons with other Mesoamerican mythologies.
	www.1bx.com /en/Olmec.htm (4302 words)

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	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Taube, Aztec and Maya Myths
		The Olmec, the first great culture of the region, and perhaps the first to warrant the term civilisation, developed in the tropical lowlands of southern Veracruz and neighbouring Tabasco.
		By the twelfth century BC the Olmec were constructing ceremonial architecture and monumental sculpture representing a complex iconography of cosmology, gods and symbols of rulership.
		Although Aztec mythology thus has many deities and themes derived from other Mesoamerican cultures, certain myths are wholly Aztec--particularly the mythic origins of Huitzilopochtli at Mount Coatepec, which served as a sacred charter for the expansion of the Aztec state.
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