Both Uses of
Aztec Empire
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Crosslegged under an umbrel umbershoot he thrones an Aztec logos, functioning on astral levels, their oversoul, mahamahatma.†
Chpt 9 *
- In those waxworks in Henry street I myself saw some Aztecs, as they are called, sitting bowlegged, they couldn't straighten their legs if you paid them because the muscles here, you see, he proceeded, indicating on his companion the brief outline of the sinews or whatever you like to call them behind the right knee, were utterly powerless from sitting that way so long cramped up, being adored as gods.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
civilization that ruled what is now Mexico between 1000 and 1519 when they were conquered by Cortes