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ID: 901001983
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001983
Record Type: Legendary Place

Mictlan (Nahua legendary place)

Note: In Nahua mythology, one of the underworlds; the one to which most deceased went.

Names:
Mictlan (Nahua legendary place) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Amerindian iconography> (P)
........<Nahua iconography> (P)
............<Nahua legendary places> (P)
................Mictlan (Nahua legendary place) (I)
Related Iconography:
is ruler of .... Mictlanteuctli
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Nahua iconography, Mictlanteuctli (Nahua deity)) [901001981]
has as ruler .... Mictecacihuatl
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Amerindian iconography, Nahua iconography, Nahua characters, Mictecacihuatl (Nahua deity)) [901001982]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... underworld (doctrinal concept)
.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Nahua (style or culture)
.....(Native Central Mexican styles, Native Middle American, Native American, Americas, The, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Mictlan (Nahua legendary place)
................Nicholson, Mexican and Central American Mythology (1967)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
................Britannica Academic (2018-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) in "Mictlantecuhtli," accessed 21 July 2017
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

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