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Altered Body Symbolism in Mesoamerica Charlotte AIiryn Werner ...

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lUüi¿c God dresscd by two nudo<br />

Eomeil ¿s he st¡rds undep¿ter<br />

The Hero Tsln carries the <strong>in</strong>fant Maize<br />

Cod rnd h¡s clothes <strong>in</strong> sn oflcrlnß plôte<br />

Ìvla¿e God sreps out ofthe<br />

crôcked tunle ø¡¡psce<br />

Chakob breÂk open the rudle shetì with llghhtng so<br />

thÂt tle ¡íôize Cod on emergc<br />

Thc Pûdd¡crs lul,r rlrc llaizc God ro lhc llücc of<br />

Crerllon<br />

Môlze God ls rebom ¡n the sea<br />

from thê moulh of the snake<br />

The lifa¡¿e God is dressed by a woman ag<br />

hê sbnds ln the sea.<br />

and the Jðtuôr Paddlcr convey lhe Mai¿e God<br />

The Hero Tl<strong>in</strong>s øvon ûround Lhe<br />

K'ôn-cross W¿terl¡ly Monsler<br />

Ftg.1,4.12<br />

The lvlaize God, on codex-sfyle vesseis<br />

a. The Maize God born <strong>in</strong> a serpent mouth, emerg<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the sea, and<br />

transported by The Paddlers to the Place of Creation<br />

b. Maize God as an <strong>in</strong>fant, and stand<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the sea<br />

c. Maize God conveyed by Chak and the Jaguar Paddler, and emerg<strong>in</strong>g<br />

from a turtle shell<br />

d. Resurrection of the lvlaize God from a turtle shell<br />

as the Hero Tw<strong>in</strong>s dance<br />

Roll-out draw<strong>in</strong>gs by L<strong>in</strong>da Schele (with captions), as Fig. 2:27a-d <strong>in</strong><br />

Freidel, Schele, and Parker,1993,<br />

Maya Cosmos: Three Thottsønd Yesrs on the Shaman's Path, 93.<br />

Fig.74.12

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