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The Maya diet focused on the Three Sisters. Maize was the central component of the diet of the ancient Maya and figured prominently in Maya mythology and ideology . Archaeological evidence suggests that Chapalote-Nal-Tel was the dominant maize species, though it is likely others were being exploited also.
In Maya oral tradition, maize is usually personified as a woman [1] — like rice in Southeast Asia, or wheat in ancient Greece and Rome. The acquisition of this woman through bridal capture constitutes one of the basic Maya myths. [2] In contrast to this, the pre-Spanish Maya aristocracy appears to have primarily conceived of maize as male.
Pozol also had a ceremonial importance, since pre-Hispanic times, it was used as an important component of offerings in various Maya festivities. [7] These festivities were related to the cultivation and harvest of corn. [8] Pozol is still used today by the Maya of the Yucatán Peninsula (who call it K'eyem) as part of their harvest rites. [9]
Corn tortillas: Maize plays a central role in Maya culture and mythology. It is said in the Popul Vuh that the first humans were crafted from an ear of corn. [ 29 ] The Maya creation story contends that people were fundamentally made of masa or corn dough.
The corn stalks have been bent and left to dry with cobs in place to indicate the planting of other crops. In agriculture, a milpa is a field for growing food crops and a crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica, especially in the Yucatán Peninsula, in Mexico. The word milpa derives from the Nahuatl words milli and pan. [1]
Maya mythology or Mayan mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises ... Other scholars, however, view the women as 'corn maidens', or even as the ...
This is a list of deities playing a role in the Classic (200–1000 CE), Post-Classic (1000–1539 CE) and Contact Period (1511–1697) of Maya religion.The names are mainly taken from the books of Chilam Balam, Lacandon ethnography, the Madrid Codex, the work of Diego de Landa, and the Popol Vuh.
Metate, mano and corn, all circa 12th century AD, from Chaco Canyon, USA Mano, metate and bowl of corn. Museum display of Ancestral Pueblo artifacts at Mesa Verde National Park . A metate (or mealing stone ) is a type or variety of quern , a ground stone tool used for processing grain and seeds .