[Aztlan] Supernatural beliefs

[Elaine Schele]

Hi Mario,

According to Houston, Stuart and Taube ("Memory of the Bones" 2006 pages
16-17), these kinds of "god markings" were first written about by Michael
Coe (1973:54).  "When they occur - and this is not always routine - they
generally emboss the upper arms and legs, possibly because celts were tied
to those parts of the body in Olmec and later times (Taube 1996. figs.
10-11).  The god markings reveal some quality of the surface of the god.
Celtlike disigns show hardness and sheen; watery swirls and scutes indicate
a fishlike surface of rasping scales."

They go one to describe other gods and markings in detail.

Elaine



On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Mario F. Malo <troycabo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hola Amigos: For the month of August, 2008 on the Mayan calender by Jeffery
> Chouinard, photo K5824, it shows a Scribe working on a codex, what caught my
> attention are the "supernatural" signs on his shoulder and thigh. My
> question is: What do they mean by supernatural?  Were these beliefs like a
> Rabbits foot or more towards mainstream religion? Thank you, Mario F. Malo
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