Explore: Sweatbaths

A temazcal [temasˈkal] is a type of sweat lodge, which originated with indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica. The term temazcal comes from the Nahuatl language

culture. She corresponds to Toci, an Aztec earth goddess inhabiting the sweatbath. She is related to another Aztec goddess invoked at birth, viz. Cihuacoatl

identified with temazcalli or sweatbaths in which aspect she is sometimes termed Temazcalteci or "Grandmother of sweatbaths". Tlazolteotl also has an association

designs of similar ceramics. Houston, Stephen D. (June 1996). "Symbolic Sweatbaths of the Maya: Architectural Meaning in the Cross Group at Palenque, Mexico"

They use the needle-like leaves in as part of ceremony involving the sweatbath, and use the gum for colds and inhale the leaf smoke for colds. They use

(PDF). Journal of Latin American Lore. 20 (1): 3–96. – Article on the use of the temazcal or sweatbath among the Tzeltal-Tzotzil Maya of Chiapas, Mexico

Magliabechiano contains a passage relating Tezcatlipoca with the temascal, or sweatbath. The text states, "when any sick person went to the bath house, [they]

{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link) Houston, Stephen (1996) Symbolic Sweatbaths of the Maya: Architectural Meaning in the Cross Group at Palenque, Mexico

by their respective jaguar-related patrons. In 2012, an Early-Classic sweatbath nicknamed 'Los Sapos' (The Toads) was excavated, a part of a residential

hearths were found in each of them. Room 7, the southwest room, was a sweatbath. Structure 3 (or Structure III, also known as the Lundell Palace) is southeast