Tenamaste

Quick meaning: Tenamaste is a noun meaning Any of the three stones traditionally used to elevate a comal above a fire in Mesoamerican cultures.

Meaning

Any of the three stones traditionally used to elevate a comal above a fire in Mesoamerican cultures.

Example Sentences

Tenamaste stones were used as pot rests or firedogs in a cooking fire.

Also, at the foot of the tenamastes people bury coins, chiles, grains of corn, and a handful of beans to assure that the domestic food supply will never run out. [...] Contemporary Totonac usually construct a wooden box with legs that is filled with dirt on which the tenamastes are placed. The most sacred place in the main room is the home altar [...]

Word Forms

• tenamastes

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include teopan, temalacatl, apachita, teocalli, panchaloha, tonalamatl.

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