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Representation of deities of the Maya manuscripts (1904)

Schellhas, Paul, 1859- · Cambridge, Mass. : Pub. by the Museum · leaf 22

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I. REPRESENTATIONS OF GODS. A. The Death-God. … 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. God A is represented as a figure with an exposed, bony spine, truncated nose and grinning teeth.1 It is plainly to be seen that the head of this god represents a skull and that the spine is that of a skeleton. The pictures of the death-god are so characteristic in the Maj^a…

Mayas -- Antiquities · Manuscripts, Maya · Fetishism

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