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Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods.
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The power by which the universe is made to appear; the illusion of the phenomenal world, as opposed to its true or spiritual reality.
Examples of maya in a Sentence
Maya architecture is the best remaining index of the art achievements of the American race.
The sites of some of the old Maya cities are also considered dangerous at certain seasons.
Manganese is mined mainly near La Maya and El Cristo in Oriente.
Thence his line stretched along the Pyrenees by the passes of Vera, Echallar, Maya and Roncesvalles, to Altobiscar; his immediate object now being to reduce the fortresses of San Sebastian and Pampeluna.
The Itzas, Mopans, Lacandons, Chols, Pokonchi and the Pokomans who inhabit the large settlement of Mixco near the capital, all belong to the Maya family; but parts of central and eastern Guatemala are peopled by tribes distinct from the Mayas and not found in Mexico.
The Itzas were one of the eighteen semi-independent Maya states, whose incessant internecine wars at length brought about the dismemberment of the empire of Xibalba and the destruction of Mayan civilization.
The four leading Maya signs called kan, muluc, ix, cauac corresponded in their position to the four Aztec signs rabbit, reed, flint, house, but the meanings of the Maya signs are, unlike the Aztec, very obscure.
Uxmal is the largest and most important of the deserted cities of Yucatan, and shows some of the finest specimens of Maya architecture.
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The Indian element in the population is made up of several distinct races - the Aztec or Mexican, Misteca-Zapoteca, Maya or Yucateco, Otomi or Othomi, and in smaller number the Totonac, Tarasco, Apache, Matlanzingo, Chontal, Mixe, Zoque, Guaicuro, OpataPima, Tapijulapa, Seri and Huavi.
Nevertheless, part of the later Maya records may be genuine - for instance, when they relate .the war about three centuries before the Spanish conquest, when the king of Chichen-Itza destroyed the great city of Mayapan.
The archaeological and linguistic evidence proves also that a great part of Salvador and Honduras was once occupied by peoples of the Maya race - Pokomam, Chorti and perhaps other unknown tribes.
Probably the Mexican elements superseded the Maya so completely that there remained no trace of the Maya except archaeological objects; it is to be supposed that the Lenca and Sumo tribes superseded the Chorotega in Salvador.
Both were childless, and great was the rejoicing when, in about the forty-fifth year of her age, the elder sister, Maha Maya, promised her husband a son.
From Navarre there are only three practicable roads for carriages into France - those by the Puerta de Vera, the Puerta de Maya and Roncesvalles.
This is called Maya, this is slavery to the senses!
Maya adventure the jungle took.
Powell goes on to look at the evidence that the Maya also used psilocybin mushrooms.
The British government, however, in the interests of the continental powers, urged an immediate advance, so on the night of the 9th of November 1813 he brought up his right from the Pyrenean passes to the northward of Maya and towards the Nivelle.
The Indians belong chiefly to the Maya stock, which predominates throughout Peten, or to the allied Quiche race which is well represented in the Altos and central districts.
Maya cozumel south america are signs the months in advance.
Dave with blue 7 cruise day mexico sail from either quot costa Maya.
The illusion or Maya of separateness from divine oneness is a trick of the mind.
The Sanctuary is a protected subtropical rain forest surrounded by the Maya Mountains with the highest point being Victoria Peak.
The great problem in 41 1 1 the Maya settlements of Yucatan was that of securing and .preserving a water supply for the dry season.
Attacking the passes of Maya and Roncesvalles, he obliged their defenders to retire, after sharp fighting, to a position of close to Sorauren, which, with 25,000 men, he the Pyre= attempted to carry (July 28).
The Classic period Maya were organized into numerous small city-states, each with their own king.
It also houses a beautifully preserved 16th century convent constructed on top of a Maya pyramid.
He must so elevate his Manas that its perception will be clear and all mists created by Maya dispelled.
Maya was the only student to think about Irish emigration.
Yucatan's jungle had devoured that story, just as it had the cities of the Maya and the great haciendas.
Maya is an instantly likeable character that any man would just love to spend time with.
The world then becomes Maya (the world of illusions ).
Maya ruins europe i started spanning the ages.
Exception to this statement must be made in the south-west, close to the mountains in southern Colorado, where some lava-capped mesas (Mesa de Maya, Raton Mesa) stand several thousand feet above the general plain level, and thus testify to the widespread erosion of this region before it was aggraded.
It was probably also during this period that the female element was first definitely admitted to a prominent place amongst the divine objects of sectarian worship, in the shape of the wives of the principal gods viewed as their sakti, or female energy, theoretically identified with the Maya, or cosmic Illusion, of the idealistic Vedanta, and the Prakriti, or plastic matter, of the materialistic Sankhya philosophy, as the primary source of mundane things.
The chief river flowing towards the Atlantic is the Bidasoa, which rises near the Puerta de Maya, and after flowing southwards through the valley of Baztan takes a north-easterly course, and for a short distance above its outfall at Fuenterrabia constitutes the frontier between France and Spain (Guipuzcoa); by far the larger portion of Navarre is drained to the Mediterranean through the Ebro, which flows along the western frontier and crosses the extreme south of the province.
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The incised design shows a striding human figure in the fluid and dynamic style known only from the earliest sculptures of the Maya lowlands.
The Dresden Codex of the Maya, for instance, contains the secrets of the sunspot cycle.
Uxmal is a famous site of impressive Maya ruins amid deciduous thorn forest.
LoveToKnow Furniture spoke with Maya Ben, Vice President of Operations for Hollandia International, to discover the best ways to make furniture for small spaces work.
Special thanks to Maya Ben for participating in the interview and for Ellyn Small of Steinreich Communications for arranging it.
A hip Maya chaise lounge and a Mission-style table looked at ease together.
Ethan and Uma married in 1998, had two children, Maya and Levon, then divorced in 2004 over Hawke's affair with then nanny, Ryan Shawhughes.
Maya is an alluring sunglass done in a classic cat-eye shape.
If you are interested in creating video game art or using art tools such as Maya or 3D Studio Max to create levels of video games, one of these art school programs may be the best for you.
You are coached by a virtual instructor named Maya, voiced by Yumi Lee.
The regimen can be modified at any time by yourself or even Maya.
Maya will often ask questions as you exercise to see if things are getting easier or if something is too hard and she will adjust the exercise accordingly or remove it altogether.