[Aztlan] List of reversed glyphs

[Diane Winters]

I'd just like to point out that on Yaxchilan Lintel 25 all of the glyphs are
reversed except for the fish-in-hand.  If this glyph had been reversed, it
would have depicted a right hand instead of a left.  I'm not sure if
preserving the left-handedness of the fish-in-hand was deliberate, but
suspect it may have been and is somehow significant in the cultural concepts
surrounding the meaning of the glyph.

Although I haven't yet read it myself, maybe the article Nate Meissner
mentioned on Left/Right symbolism will be helpful to the general "reversed
realm" discussion:
Palka, Joel English
2002 Left/right symbolism and the body in ancient Maya
iconography and culture
Latin American Antiquity 13(4):419-443
Washington, DC

Diane Winters
once upon a time working on the fish-in-hand glyph, hoping to get back to it
some day


George Haas wrote:

>I'd like to thank every one here that participated in assisting me in my
search for reversed images and glyphs in Mesoamerican art. The following is
a list of the some of the most notable examples of reversed glyphs that I
have archived so far.
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>1. Lintel 25 - Yaxchilan.
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>2. Bird Jaguar Monument - Yaxchilan.
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>3. Western Bench, Temple 11 - Copan
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>4. Paris Codex - page 23 & 24.
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>5. La Mojarra stela.
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>6. Right Throne Leg (of the Creation Tablet) - Palenque.
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>7. Ratinlinxul Vase - K 594 - Guatemala.
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>8. Codex Style Vase - K1333
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>If any one knows of additional examples, please feel free to add it to the
list.
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