[Aztlan] re: Puuc phalli

[Lorna Huff]

At Sayil, there is a stela figure with an enormous, laboriously carved 
phallus representing a fertility god or lineage head ? At Uxmal, a cluster 
of severed looking ‘mushrooms’ can be found under a palapa near Casa de la 
Vieja.  Ruth Krochock gives detailed glyph examples of k’ul ah ton le wah , 
‘ he of the penis lineage’ titles, in her article, “ Women in the 
Hieroglyphic Inscriptions at Chichen Itza ” (in Ancient Maya Women;Traci 
Ardren, editor; AltaMira Press 2002).  I’ve not seen at Chi Ch’en Itza such 
blatant phalli as at Sayil and Uxmal, though the serpent head resembles a 
phallus.

A few random thoughts,


Lorna

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