Balamkú




The balamku is preserved a stucco frieze modeled AND painted, unique in the Mayan area that was elaborated at the beginning of our era. In the frieze four scenes of ascent alternate with jaguars are appreciated. Each one comprises an animal with the head turned back, seated in the frontal cleft of a face of the monster of the earth, on his mouth there is a king on his throne. In addition to illustrating in detail the O OR complementary aspects of the underworld, the whole shows that the dynastic cycle equates to the solar cycle. In this conception, Ascension to the throne is illustrated by the king coming out of the mouth of the earth; The death of the king is seen as a sunset, When it falls in the mouth of the terrestrial monster