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Maya Symbology: Bat
The bat’s association with night and with caves was significant to the ancient Maya, who equated nightime with death and viewed caves as the gateway to the underworld, called Xibalba (literally, “place of fright”). At nightfall the sun appears to pass through the earth to enter the underworld.
In the northern Maya region, life-sustaining water is [...]
Posted: June 25th, 2007 under copan, popul vuh, symbology.
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