The death associated with the renaissance vegetable

The theme of death is seen associated with the rebirth of vegetation, is a dualistic thinking, this means that you need death to the emergence of the plants and germinate again. Let us remember the Popol Vuh, the head dicapitada of Hun Hunahpu causes it to blossom the tree of gourd.

In the image we can see the Tablet of the Foliated Cross at Palenque, where the branches of the ‘tree of corn’, will appear severed heads in place of ears. In the bottom right corner of this board appears Pakal already dead, on a corn plant that has a severed head instead of cob.

Information obtained from Macarena López Oliva. Photo of Maya archaeology.