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 Mictlán, which surpasses us, the region of the dead. Tlallamanac, what supports the world. Tlamanitiliztli, what should remain. Tlaxicco, in the Earth navel. Tlaltipac, what is on Earth. Tomanchan, a mythical place, literally: the House from where we came down. Cem Anáhuac, the continent. Tlalocan, Tlaloc’s paradise. Aztlán, mythical place: literally, place of herons. Omeyocan, place of the divine duality. Chicomostoc, place of the seven caves. Tilan Tlalpan, perimeter of wisdom. Ayauhcalli, home of the fog. Centzon Huiznahua, the stars of the southern hemisphere, literally: 400 southerners. Cihuatlampa, wemen course. Ilhuicaatl, the ocean. Ilhuicatitlán, in the sky. Mictlampa, in the course of the region of death.

Death.

The philosophical perception of death and life is a very rich point, which provides plenty of light understand the ancient grandparents thought. The life and death was a complementing opposing pair. If there is no death, there can be no life and vice versa. To be aware of life requires knowledge of death. Few peoples such as the Egyptian and Mexican have been incorporated death as the most vivid part of their culture. The ancient grandparents had a day of death, the Lord and the Lady of death and the place of the dead.

It is important to note that in general, for the Anahuac iconography, any skeleton representation philosophically means the spiritual or eternal life. Indeed, the skeleton