Source: Linda Schele and Mary Ellen Miller. The Blood of Kings; Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art. Fort Worth: Kimbell Art Museum, 1986, p. 275, Figure VII.3.
Notes: This is a drawing based on a carved limestone panel from the Palenque ruins in Chiapas, México (ca. 722). In this Kan-Xul (one foot slightly raised) dances out of Xibalba with the costume of Chac-Xib-Chac. On his right is lady Ahpo-Hel, who is named in writing above her head. On the central figure's left (right side of this drawing) sits Pacal, who is holding a personification of a tree, which is, perhaps an axis mundi (center of the world tree). For more description of this panel, see Schele and Miller, p. 275.
Latin American humanities motifs: religio; cosmology; realism; family apotheosis scene