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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... death through Xibalba , a journey that each human being faced . The Hero Twins , greatly skilled as ballplayers , disturbed the Lords of Death with their play and so are summoned to Xibalba to take part in a series of trials . Unlike ...
... death through Xibalba , a journey that each human being faced . The Hero Twins , greatly skilled as ballplayers , disturbed the Lords of Death with their play and so are summoned to Xibalba to take part in a series of trials . Unlike ...
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... death called the soul to Xibalba , where it faced a series of trials and competitions with the Lords of Death . If defeated , the soul faced eternal extinction and burial in the evil - smelling world of Xibalba . The journey into the ...
... death called the soul to Xibalba , where it faced a series of trials and competitions with the Lords of Death . If defeated , the soul faced eternal extinction and burial in the evil - smelling world of Xibalba . The journey into the ...
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... death sign , specifying that the image marks the " death of the sun , " or sunset . The sun , poised at the horizon , is ready for its plunge into the Underworld . It will carry the dead king with it . Pacal totters atop the Sun ...
... death sign , specifying that the image marks the " death of the sun , " or sunset . The sun , poised at the horizon , is ready for its plunge into the Underworld . It will carry the dead king with it . Pacal totters atop the Sun ...
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