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12.38 Xipe Totec (or impersonator: detail of Fig. L2.gr, back view)<br />

12.39 Male priest wear<strong>in</strong>g flayed sk<strong>in</strong> and garmlnt of sacrificed female<br />

impersonator of Centeotl-Chicomeco atl, an agricultural fertility<br />

goddess. After Codex Borbonicus 30<br />

12.40 xipe Totec, Aztec. ceramic sculpfure, palma cuata,yeracruz<br />

t2.41, Captive Reliquary. Ia<strong>in</strong>a, Campeche, Mexico<br />

511<br />

Chapter Thirteen Ballgame, Blood and Cosmos<br />

L3.1' God L with Muan Bird Headdress, and Xbalanque with Jaguar God<br />

headdress. Late Classic Limestone panels (assembled togèther)<br />

13.2 Tlaloc and jaguar symbolism of player vs. player <strong>in</strong> bird costume<br />

Late Classic ballgame scene. Limesione panel<br />

13.3 Ballgame and Decapitation Scene<br />

Relief of the Great Ballcourt, Chichen ltzâ, yucatán<br />

13.4 P_rotagonist prepar<strong>in</strong>g for Ballgame (or Venus descend<strong>in</strong>g to earth)<br />

(Panel L) Southeast panel of the South Ballcourt, El Tajrn, Yeracruz<br />

13.5 Recl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g protagonist surrounded by musicians<br />

(Panel 2) Southwest panel of the South Ballcourt, El Tajín<br />

L3.6 Ballplayers <strong>in</strong> the cou¡t<br />

(Panel 3) Northwest panel of the South Ballcourt, El Tajín<br />

13.7 Sacrifice <strong>in</strong> ballcourt scene,<br />

Northeast panel of the South Ballcourt, EITajín<br />

13.8 Decapitated victim (fragment)Temple of the ñches, El rajín<br />

p_ecgpitated victim with blood as snakes, ballcourt panel, Aparicio<br />

I3.9 Underworld scene of supplication<br />

North-central panel of South Ballcourt, EI Tajín<br />

13.10 Grant<strong>in</strong>g of Pulque <strong>in</strong> the Otherworld<br />

South-central panel of South Ballcourt, El Tajín<br />

13.11 Thirteen Rabbit with decapitated and àisemboweled victim<br />

Column scene, EI Tajín<br />

13.12 Disemboweled Victim be<strong>in</strong>g decapitated. Column scene, El Tajín<br />

13.13 Dismemberment and behead<strong>in</strong>gs of batlgame sacrificial victims;<br />

Classic period stela: Monument L, Bilbao, Guatemala<br />

13.1,4 Human captive bound and compressed <strong>in</strong>to a ball<br />

Altar 8, Tikal. Late Classic e.o. T50-760<br />

13.15 Sacrificed ball player with<strong>in</strong> aba7J, bounc<strong>in</strong>g down a hieroglyphic<br />

stairway. Yaxchilan structtrre 33. Late Classic, ca. A.D. Ts0-760-<br />

13.16 North, center, and south Ballcourt Markers. Copán, Honduras<br />

13.17 central Marker. Ton<strong>in</strong>á Ballcourt, Monument 69. A.D. TTs.

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