Mayan Hearthstones Of Creation The fire in the middle represents the place of creation. These three hearthstones -in turn- are also represented by 3 stars (Alnitak, Rigel, & Saiph) you will find in the constellation of Orion, while the fire is Orions nebula, M42. The Maya assigned great importance to transmitting their creation mythology through their architecture. So important it was that the Maya astronomer could see the three hearthstones in the night sky just below the Turtle Constellation. For other scholars triadic patterns may have been a way in which the Pre Classic Maya legitimated power and the nobility of a particular lineage (hypothesis advanced by Omar Rodriguez Campero, Sub Director of the Calakmul Project in Campeche, Mexico). There have been a total of 18 structures that have a triadic pattern at the site of El Mirador.
Posted on: Sun, 04 May 2014 05:44:19 +0000
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