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      El mito del diluvio en las ceremonias de entronización de los gobernantes mayas: Agentes responsables de la decapitación del saurio y nuevas fundaciones Translated title: The Myth of the Flood in the Accession Ceremonies of the Maya Rulers: Agents Responsible for the Saurian Beheading and the New Foundations

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          El desciframiento de los textos de la Plataforma Jeroglífica del Templo XIX de Palenque corroboró que la visión clásica del mito de la inundación era semejante a la de ciertos textos coloniales, en cuanto a señalar al protagonista como un cocodrilo celeste. Tras ser decapitado, sobre su cuerpo se colocaron los cuatro árboles del mundo para levantar y sujetar el cielo. Las fuentes coloniales aclaran que, después, un ser sobrenatural pisó la espalda del reptil. Esta acción se ha interpretado como una fecundación que marcaba el comienzo de un nuevo tiempo; sin embargo, F. Scandar (2010) argumenta que la acción de pisar no remite aquí a fecundar, sino a fundar, y fue representada en Mesoamérica con huellas de pies. Es en esta secuencia del mito, desde la decapitación (muerte y fin de caos) hasta la acción de pisar (reorganización del nuevo mundo), donde se focaliza nuestro interés en los monumentos de acceso al trono, en los cuales se advierten unas pisadas que ascienden y cruzan la imagen atrapada del cocodrilo. El ensayo propone que los señores mayas prehispánicos, al subir al trono, se visualizaban como héroes míticos victoriosos que daban muerte al saurio responsable de la inundación (caos) y como fundadores de un nuevo mundo.

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          The decipherment of texts from the Hieroglyphic Platform of Temple XIX at Palenque confirmed that the classical version of the flood myth was similar to that of certain colonial texts, highlighting the protagonist as a celestial crocodile who caused the flooding of the land and then was beheaded. On his body were placed the four world trees to lift and hold the sky. Then, a supernatural stood on the decapitated reptile. This action has been interpreted as a fecundation ritual that marked the beginning of a new era; however, F. Scandar (2010) argues that the action of standing does not refer here to fertilize, but to found or establish, an action represented in Mesoamerica with footprints. It is in this sequence of myth -from decapitation (death and chaos) to the action of stepping on (reorganization of a new world)-, where our interest is focused on the monuments of accession to the throne, with ascending footsteps that cross the captive crocodile image. This essay suggests that during the accession to throne prehispanic Maya lords were displayed as victorious mythical heroes who brought death to the saurian responsible for flooding (chaos) and as founders of a new world.

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                Journal
                ecm
                Estudios de cultura maya
                Estud. cult. maya
                Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas (Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico )
                0185-2574
                September 2015
                : 45
                : 9-48
                Affiliations
                [01] Madrid orgnameUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos España ana.barrios@ 123456urj.es
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                S0185-25742015000100001 S0185-2574(15)04500000001
                53d1235c-15f6-479d-815a-57833cee8ad5

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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                : 30 June 2014
                : 14 May 2014
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                footprints,Classic Maya,Chilam Balam,ruler,Starry Deer Crocodile,flood,huellas de pie,Clásico maya,gobernantes,Cocodrilo Venado Estelar,inundación

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