De l’aurore à la nuit : le parcours du roi-soleil maya
From dawn to darkness: the course of the maya king-sun. Carved, modeled or painted monumental images from various sites, created during the Maya Classic period, depict the main moments of the solar course in which the king is likened to the sun. These images in sequence compare the royal career to t...
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| author | Claude-François Baudez |
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| description | From dawn to darkness: the course of the maya king-sun. Carved, modeled or painted monumental images from various sites, created during the Maya Classic period, depict the main moments of the solar course in which the king is likened to the sun. These images in sequence compare the royal career to the course of the sun from dawn to darkness, and the solar cycle to the dynasty. The solar metaphor was used to legitimate the absolute power of the Maya kingship as well as to justify the necessity of dynastic continuity, while demonstrating the special relationship that existed between the king, the earth and his land. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c8dffcaa4262420e9aad3ab5457e9b882022-12-22T03:37:45ZengSociété des américanistesJournal de la Société des Américanistes0037-91741957-78422006-12-0192416710.4000/jsa.3095De l’aurore à la nuit : le parcours du roi-soleil mayaClaude-François BaudezFrom dawn to darkness: the course of the maya king-sun. Carved, modeled or painted monumental images from various sites, created during the Maya Classic period, depict the main moments of the solar course in which the king is likened to the sun. These images in sequence compare the royal career to the course of the sun from dawn to darkness, and the solar cycle to the dynasty. The solar metaphor was used to legitimate the absolute power of the Maya kingship as well as to justify the necessity of dynastic continuity, while demonstrating the special relationship that existed between the king, the earth and his land.http://journals.openedition.org/jsa/3095kingpowersolar cycle |
| spellingShingle | Claude-François Baudez De l’aurore à la nuit : le parcours du roi-soleil maya Journal de la Société des Américanistes king power solar cycle |
| title | De l’aurore à la nuit : le parcours du roi-soleil maya |
| title_full | De l’aurore à la nuit : le parcours du roi-soleil maya |
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| title_short | De l’aurore à la nuit : le parcours du roi-soleil maya |
| title_sort | de l aurore a la nuit le parcours du roi soleil maya |
| topic | king power solar cycle |
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