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Maya mythology and iconography IV: graveyard of the Temple of Inscriptions

tombstone of Pacal, Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque

corn cycle, plant life for Mesoamerican populations, is the material basis of the myth of resurrection, that is, the miracle of the eternal cosmic renewal. The cereal die to become food, sacrifices himself to keep humanity. In the reliefs of the tombstone of King Pacal Temple of the Inscriptions Palenque, the classic Maya period, the plant is represented by a cruciform motif (a symbol also of the axis mundi and life), raised about a young Maize God in the act of dying, and leaning on the mask of the monster of the earth ( Itzamná understood as anthropomorphic figure as an altar). On the sides of the sarcophagus displayed humans springing from the earth, each with a plant in his hand.

Prof. Dr. Julio Lopez Saco

January 10, 2011

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