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1 wrz 2024 · The World Tree embodies the four cardinal direction, a symbolic axis mundi; its image with both directional and central meaning is pictured over and over in Maya art and in mythology. Its most well-known appearance can be found on the sarcophagus lid of the tomb of Palenque’s revered King Pakal.
Y en sentido vertical, están el cenit, en el punto más alto de los cielos, y el nadir, en el punto más bajo del inframundo, que son los dos polos del eje cósmico, el axis mundi; pero el punto central del universo entero es el centro de la tierra, donde reside el hombre.
Mesoamericans, who viewed their landscape in terms of cardinal directions, [2] saw these urban centers as axis mundi, places where divine power reaches the earth, and is diffused from there. [4] These centers held ritual events that gave people access to “making” or generating a world that aligned with cosmovision.
The axis mundi reflects the Maya belief in a layered cosmos where different realms exist vertically—heaven above, earth in the middle, and the underworld below. Sacred geography in Maya architecture often uses the concept of axis mundi to determine site layouts, ensuring that important buildings align with astronomical events and cosmic cycles.
15 wrz 2022 · Cosmic trees, found around the globe and throughout history, may represent a primeval fount of creation or a vegetal axis mundi that connects life and death. The lid of K'inich Janaab' Pakal's sarcophagus depicting the World Tree. The Mayan king of Palenque died in 683 C.E.
At the center of this world stood a tree, or axis mundi, which was often conceptualized as a maize stalk. Maya kings frequently displayed aspects of the Maize God in their costuming, declaring themselves the centers of the world, the mythical progenitors of humankind, and the source of agricultural nourishment for their subjects.
In early cosmogony, axis mundi served an important spiritual role in numerous cultures as a sacred space where heaven and earth intersected. Each culture conceived of axis mundi in a distinctive and often well-defined way.
