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- Vision_Serpent abstract "The Vision Serpent is an important creature in Pre-Columbian Maya mythology, although the term itself is now slowly becoming outdated.The serpent was a very important social and religious symbol, revered by the Maya. Maya mythology describes serpents as being the vehicles by which celestial bodies, such as the sun and stars, cross the heavens. The shedding of their skin made them a symbol of rebirth and renewal.They were so revered, that one of the main Mesoamerican deities, Quetzalcoatl, was represented as a feathered serpent. The name means "beautiful serpent" (From Nahuatl, 'Quetzalli' means beautiful and 'coatl' meaning snake or serpent.).The Vision Serpent is thought to be the most important of the Maya serpents. "It was usually bearded and had a rounded snout. It was also often depicted as having two heads or with the spirit of a god or ancestor emerging from its jaws." During Maya bloodletting rituals, participants would experience visions in which they communicated with the ancestors or gods. These visions took the form of a giant serpent "which served as a gateway to the spirit realm." The ancestor or god who was being contacted was depicted as emerging from the serpent’s mouth. The vision serpent thus came to be the method in which ancestors or Gods manifested themselves to the Maya. Thus for them, the Vision Serpent was a direct link between the spirit realm of the gods and the physical world.The Vision Serpent goes back to earlier Maya conceptions, and lies at thecenter of the world as they conceived it. "It is in the center axis atop the World Tree. Essentially the World Tree and the Vision Serpent, representing the king, created the center axis which communicates between the spiritual and the earthly worlds or planes. It is through ritual that the king could bring the center axis into existence in the temples and create a doorway to the spiritual world, and with it power."The Vision Serpent is prevalent in bloodletting ceremonies, in Maya religious practices, Maya jewelry, pottery and their architecture.".
- Vision_Serpent thumbnail YaxchilanDivineSerpent.jpg?width=300.
- Vision_Serpent wikiPageExternalLink yaxchil%C3%A1n_lintel_15.aspx.
- Vision_Serpent wikiPageExternalLink cat003.html.
- Vision_Serpent wikiPageID "337012".
- Vision_Serpent wikiPageRevisionID "546746406".
- Vision_Serpent hasPhotoCollection Vision_Serpent.
- Vision_Serpent subject Category:Latin_American_folklore.
- Vision_Serpent subject Category:Legendary_serpents.
- Vision_Serpent subject Category:Maya_legendary_creatures.
- Vision_Serpent subject Category:Maya_mythology_and_religion.
- Vision_Serpent subject Category:Mesoamerican_legendary_creatures.
- Vision_Serpent subject Category:World-bearing_animals.
- Vision_Serpent type Ability105616246.
- Vision_Serpent type Abstraction100002137.
- Vision_Serpent type Cognition100023271.
- Vision_Serpent type Creativity105624700.
- Vision_Serpent type ImaginaryBeing109483738.
- Vision_Serpent type Imagination105625465.
- Vision_Serpent type LegendaryCreature109487022.
- Vision_Serpent type MayaLegendaryCreatures.
- Vision_Serpent type MesoamericanLegendaryCreatures.
- Vision_Serpent type Monster109491966.
- Vision_Serpent type MythicalBeing109484664.
- Vision_Serpent type MythicalMonster109492123.
- Vision_Serpent type PsychologicalFeature100023100.
- Vision_Serpent comment "The Vision Serpent is an important creature in Pre-Columbian Maya mythology, although the term itself is now slowly becoming outdated.The serpent was a very important social and religious symbol, revered by the Maya. Maya mythology describes serpents as being the vehicles by which celestial bodies, such as the sun and stars, cross the heavens.".
- Vision_Serpent label "Serpent-vision".
- Vision_Serpent label "Vision Serpent".
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- Vision_Serpent sameAs m.01xmmd.
- Vision_Serpent sameAs Q3479866.
- Vision_Serpent sameAs Q3479866.
- Vision_Serpent sameAs Vision_Serpent.
- Vision_Serpent wasDerivedFrom Vision_Serpent?oldid=546746406.
- Vision_Serpent depiction YaxchilanDivineSerpent.jpg.
- Vision_Serpent isPrimaryTopicOf Vision_Serpent.