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Jaguar Paddler God
Serti Technique on Silk
One of the Mayan Gods known as the Palenque Triad.
The first stories of the Triad begin around 3000-4000 bc. and are found through the late classic period. This one, with the Jaguar headdress leads the canoe, the Maze Paddler God usually steers from the stern. Symbols on the paddle, canoe and tattooed on his arms, show the hieroglyphs for the heaven or supreme other world. I’ve painted the Paddler God here with other favorite glyphs in my own style, some of the other glyphs are sun, earth, fresh new earth, sunrise...
The original is available.
The first stories of the Triad begin around 3000-4000 bc. and are found through the late classic period. This one, with the Jaguar headdress leads the canoe, the Maze Paddler God usually steers from the stern. Symbols on the paddle, canoe and tattooed on his arms, show the hieroglyphs for the heaven or supreme other world. I’ve painted the Paddler God here with other favorite glyphs in my own style, some of the other glyphs are sun, earth, fresh new earth, sunrise...
The original is available.