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I'm looking at Maya Cosmos...Freidel et ali, 1993, a speculative and probably out-of-date book on Mayan shamanism and Kingship.
My intention is to bring up some questions about religious myths or myths about religion.
AS a way of beginning in a round-about-way...I refer to this image of Lady Xok ( Lady Shock) and her vision serpent.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/northamerica/ig/Ancient-Americas-/Maya-Lady-Xok.htm
Where apparently Lady Xok is "conjuring" an originally 4th century Teotihuacanian war god. Only in the image that vision serpent is only a way of communicating with the founder of the dynasty of which Lady Xok is a member...but the founder defeated the Teotihuacanians and appropriated their god.
In what ways are myth and religion a part of our view of Lady Xok's image? In what way were they parts of her own actions?
My intention is to bring up some questions about religious myths or myths about religion.
AS a way of beginning in a round-about-way...I refer to this image of Lady Xok ( Lady Shock) and her vision serpent.
http://archaeology.about.com/od/northamerica/ig/Ancient-Americas-/Maya-Lady-Xok.htm
Where apparently Lady Xok is "conjuring" an originally 4th century Teotihuacanian war god. Only in the image that vision serpent is only a way of communicating with the founder of the dynasty of which Lady Xok is a member...but the founder defeated the Teotihuacanians and appropriated their god.
In what ways are myth and religion a part of our view of Lady Xok's image? In what way were they parts of her own actions?
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