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Like, wonder of wonders, by killing people and pouring their blood on a rock, the Mayans were successful, fantastic, amazing, keeping the sun moving across the
by suture 4y ago
Like, wonder of wonders, by killing people and pouring their blood on a rock, the Mayans were successful, fantastic, amazing, keeping the sun moving across the sky!!!
The next time I teach correlation/causation I’m using this as my goto example.
- graycat 4y agoFor a reference, as of Wednesday, May 6th, 2009 at http://books.google.com/books?id=DgqLplWtGPgC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA76&dq=Mayan+blood+sun+moving+sacrifice&source=web&ots=Do6njWN5M9&sig=FxTeclIiqggqIH5Ws_oENCek1uI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA76,M1 http://books.google.com/books?id=DgqLplWtGPgC&pg=PA76&lpg=PA... (but not now, no longer) from page 76 of Susan Milbrath, Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars (The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies), ISBN-13 978-0292752269, University of Texas Press, 2000. with "Indeed, blood sacrifice is required for the sun to move, according to Aztec cosmology (Durian 1971:179; Sahaguin 1950 - 1982, 7:8)."