Motif
central solar-rayed sceptre bearer with flanking winged suppliants
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A motif of the Royal Legitimacy and Sacred Kingship family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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nahua maya inca
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The Myths of Mexico & Peru CHAPTER III: MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF THE ANCIENT MEXICANS / CHAPTER IV: THE MAYA RACE AND MYTHOLOGY / CHAPTER V: MYTHS OF THE MAYA / CHAPTER VI: THE CIVILISATION OF OLD PERU; lines 7818-7925 confidence: medium
The Tiahuanaco portal is described as carved with symbolic figures: a central high-relief figure with solar rays around the head and condor-headed sceptres, flanked by tiers of kneeling winged suppliants with similar sceptres.
The doorway composition has a central figure with solar rays and condor-headed sceptres, flanked symmetrically by kneeling winged suppliants who also bear sceptres.
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