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Maya religion and mythology (1881)

Bowditch, Charles P, Hagar, Stansbury · United States : [s.l.] · leaf 124

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bol issues from its mouth, and around it appears thecauac symbol of rain. Admitting the difficulty of reconciling this group with adefinite sequence, I am inclined to believe that the whole scene represents asacrifice to the sun in the death sign Scorpio held during the uinal Xul, or End,when… … oo 55•J I H IT. KO ouup H C/3 QW g ■<0* Hagar—Maya Zodiac at Santa Rita 219 life. It is possible that the skull itself, with the outpouring speech symbol,really represents the Xul glyph, a skull with departing breath, but more likely itis the Tlatoani or priest speaker with the spirits of the…

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