Although reduced, its range remains large ; given its historical distribution, the jaguar has featured prominently in the mythology of numerous indigenous American cultures, including that of the Maya and Aztec.

It is a sacred symbol in Maya mythology.

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Chac-Mools should not be confused with Chaac, one of the leading deities in Maya mythology associated primarily with the phenomena of rain and thunder, and with whom they are not associated.

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Other parts of Maya oral tradition ( such as animal tales and many moralising stories ) do not properly belong to the domain of mythology, but rather to legend and folk tale.

The Aztec and Toltec serpent god Quetzalcoatl also has dragon like wings, like its equivalent in K ' iche ' Maya mythology Q ' uq ' umatz (" feathered serpent ").

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* In Maya mythology, Huracan is sometimes represented as three thunderbolts.

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The term acropolis is also used to describe the central complex of overlapping structures, such as plazas and pyramids, in many Maya cities, including Tikal and Copán.

Although Whorf's approach to understanding the Maya script is now known to have been misguided, his central claim that the script was phonetic and should be deciphered as such was vindicated by Yuri Knorozov's syllabic decipherment of Mayan writing in the 1950s.

The Americas collection mainly consists of 19th and 20th century items although the Inca, Aztec, Maya and other early cultures are well represented ; collecting of modern artefacts is ongoing.

The concept of Maya Lin's design is based on the soothing and healing effect of water.

The earliest reported example of this musical form is the song " Kalenda Maya ", supposedly written by the troubadour Raimbaut de Vaqueiras ( 1180-1207 ) to the melody of an estampida played by French jongleurs.

Within the confines of modern Guatemala City is the ancient Maya city of Kaminaljuyu.

The Classic period of Mesoamerican civilization corresponds to the height of the Maya civilization, and is represented by countless sites throughout Guatemala, although the largest concentration is in Petén.

Scientists debate the cause of the Classic Maya Collapse, but gaining currency is the Drought Theory discovered by physical scientists studying lakebeds, ancient pollen, and other tangible evidence.

Copan is a major Maya city that began flourishing around 150 A. D. bur reached its height in the Late Classic ( 700-850 A. D .).

* Chichen Itza – This ancient place of pilgrimage is still the most visited Maya ruin.

Cortés took Marina to quash a rebellion in Honduras in 1524 – 26 when she is seen serving again as interpreter ( suggestive of a knowledge of Maya dialects beyond Chontal and Yucatán.

Maya Ying Lin ( born October 5, 1959 ) is an American architectural designer and artist who is known for her work in sculpture and landscape art.

According to Maya Lin, art should be an act of every individual willing to say something new and that which is not quite familiar.

Although it is a subject of debate whether Teotihuacan was the center of a state empire, its influence throughout Mesoamerica is well documented ; evidence of Teotihuacano presence can be seen at numerous sites in Veracruz and the Maya region.

In most of Hinduism and transcendentalism, all matter is believed to be an illusion called Maya, blinding us from knowing the truth.

Maya is the limited, purely physical and mental reality in which our everyday consciousness has become entangled.

The Maya believe that being pregnant is to be " yawa ", meaning ill.

If the story is true that troubadour Raimbaut de Vaqueiras ( about 1150-1207 ) wrote the famous Provençal song Kalenda Maya to fit the tune of an estampie that he heard two jongleurs play, then the history of the estampie extends back to the 12th century.

This is the case in Yaxchilán, a Maya city where even warfare implications have been studied linked with obsidian use and its debris.

Qt is most notably used in Autodesk Maya, The Foundry's Nuke, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Skype, VLC media player, VirtualBox, and Mathematica, and by the European Space Agency, DreamWorks, Google, HP, KDE, Lucasfilm, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung, Siemens, Volvo, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Research In Motion.

The understanding of the Maya that resulted in the use of the 2011 date and the use of the " worlds " concept is due to the influence of Frank Waters's 1975 book Mexico Mystique: The Coming Sixth World of Consciousness, whose elaborate cosmology is selectively utilized in the framework of the Shadowrun universe.