An anthropologist named Paul Kirchkoff first used the term “Mesoamerica” (meso is Greek for “middle” or “intermediate”) in 1943 to designate these geographical areas as having shared cultural traits prior to the invasion of Europeans, and the term has remained.
Jupiter is to Zeus, the god of the heavens. Neptune is to Poseidon, the god of the seas. Pluto is to Hades, the god of the underworld. Juno is to Hera, the goddess of marriage and family. Mars is to Ares, the god of war. Venus is to Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Minerva is to Athena, goddess of strategy. Vulcan is to Hephaestus, the god of the forge.
