[Aztlan] re: Puuc phalli

[D. M. Urquidi]

Folks;

I just went through the first four pages (8-12)  of
the Maya Sourcebooik 2007 and found   29 possible
venus glyphs  (about 12 without "eye" dots) in the
glyph texts.  Does this happen at Sayil, Uxmal, or
Chichen Itza?

Dea

> 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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D. M. Urquidi
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