Howler monkey gods
Among the Classic Mayas, the howler monkey god was a major deity of the arts - including music - and a patron of the artisans, especially of the scribes and sculptors. As such, his sphere of influence overlapped with that of the Tonsured Maize God. The monkey patrons - there are often two of them - have been depicted on Classic vases in the act of writing books (while stereotypically holding an ink nap) and carving human heads. Together, these two activities may have constituted a metaphor for the creation of mankind, with the book containing the birth signs and the head the life principle or 'soul', an interpretation reinforced by the craftsman titles of the creator gods in the Popol Vuh.
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Howler monkey gods
Among the Classic Mayas, the howler monkey god was a major deity of the arts - including music - and a patron of the artisans, especially of the scribes and sculptors. As such, his sphere of influence overlapped with that of the Tonsured Maize God. The monkey patrons - there are often two of them - have been depicted on Classic vases in the act of writing books (while stereotypically holding an ink nap) and carving human heads. Together, these two activities may have constituted a metaphor for the creation of mankind, with the book containing the birth signs and the head the life principle or 'soul', an interpretation reinforced by the craftsman titles of the creator gods in the Popol Vuh.
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Among the Classic Mayas, the h ...... stic and historical knowledge.
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La scimmia urlatrice era una d ...... mestieri di scriba e scultore.
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フンバッツ（Hunbatz）は、マヤ神話の『ポポル・ヴフ』に ...... とができなくなって、こうして人猿という種族が生じたのである。
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Among the Classic Mayas, the h ...... creator gods in the Popol Vuh.
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La scimmia urlatrice era una d ...... mestieri di scriba e scultore.
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フンバッツ（Hunbatz）は、マヤ神話の『ポポル・ヴフ』に ...... とができなくなって、こうして人猿という種族が生じたのである。
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Howler monkey gods
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Scimmia urlatrice (divinità)
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フンバッツとフンチョウエン
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