Blood of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya ArtWW Norton, 1986 - 335 pages "[A] work as remarkable for its text as for the photographs and drawings that illustrate it."—Octavio Paz, The New York Review of Books A comprehensive guide to the Maya which reveals kingship rites, ritual warfare, with a vast array of color plates and drawings. |
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... Underworld . The Twins were conceived when spittle from their father's severed head impregnated an Underworld goddess , who fled from the Underworld to the Middleworld to give birth . Like Hercules , the Hero Twins were demigods whose ...
... Underworld . The Twins were conceived when spittle from their father's severed head impregnated an Underworld goddess , who fled from the Underworld to the Middleworld to give birth . Like Hercules , the Hero Twins were demigods whose ...
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... Underworld The facial structure of the Jaguar God of the Underworld is identical to that of GI , but his features are different ( Fig . 35 ) . He has the same Roman nose , scalloped eyebrows , square eyes and pointed front tooth , and ...
... Underworld The facial structure of the Jaguar God of the Underworld is identical to that of GI , but his features are different ( Fig . 35 ) . He has the same Roman nose , scalloped eyebrows , square eyes and pointed front tooth , and ...
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... Underworld away from the court and give Xbalanque time to put his brother's head back on his torso . The imagery of this clever substitution was evidently used by artists in Classic times . On a small mold - made bottle now at Leiden ...
... Underworld away from the court and give Xbalanque time to put his brother's head back on his torso . The imagery of this clever substitution was evidently used by artists in Classic times . On a small mold - made bottle now at Leiden ...
Table des matières
Introduction | 6 |
Chapters | 63 |
Kingship and the Rites of Accession | 103 |
Droits d'auteur | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Aucun aperçu disponible - 1986 |
Blood of Kings: Dynasty And Ritual In Maya Art Linda Schele,Mary Ellen Miller Aucun aperçu disponible - 2000 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
accession ahau appears architectural Art Museum ball ballcourt ballgame ballplayers belt Bird Jaguar bloodletting body Bonampak cahal captives carved Cauac Celestial Monster celt ceramic Chac-Xib-Chac Chan-Bahlum Classic Maya cloth Copan costume Cylindrical vessel death depicted dressed earflare Early Classic period event FIGURE figurine front glyph gods Guatemala head headband headdress Hero Twins Hieroglyphic Honduras human Hunahpu imagery inscriptions jade Jester Kan-Xul katun Kimbell Kimbell Art Museum king Late Classic period Late Preclassic period Leiden Plaque Lintel Long Count lord Lowland maize mask Maya art Maya civilization Mesoamerica monuments moon Olmec Pacal painted Palenque panel Pauahtun pectoral personified Piedras Negras Pilas PLATE Popol Vuh portrait recorded rite ritual ruler sacrifice scene scribes sculpture Seibal shell Shield Jaguar Stela stone Structure supernatural symbols Tikal Tlaloc Uaxactun Underworld Venus Vision Serpent warrior water-lily wears World Tree worn Xibalba Yax-Pac Yaxchilan zoomorphic