Shark teeth and other marine objects, such as shells, stingrays and corals, are often found in burial sacrifices in Mayan holy places, and they are used to represent the ocean in the ritual model of the Mayan concept of the universe.
The sacred cultural relics displayed here are hidden in the Mayan pyramids in Elsa, Guatemala from 725 to 800 AD. Among them are 47 maxillary teeth that may be requiem sharks. [Read the complete story about the myth that giant sharks may affect Mayan monsters]
Trade and ceremony
(Sarah Newman) Newman's research points out that shark remains are often found in ancient Mayan ruins relatively far from the coast, where sharks were hunted.
It is likely that shark's teeth and other marine life entered the Maya inland city shown on the map as a ritual trade project.
Sacred Treasure (Sarah Newman) The huge tooth fossils of the extinct Megalodon shark were also found in the sacred treasures buried in several ancient Mayan sites.
This picture shows the teeth fossils of Megalodon, including the teeth of a great white shark (middle) and a bull shark.
Carnivore (public domain) The giant-tailed shark is the top carnivore in the ocean, which became extinct 23 million to 2.6 million years ago.
Giant sharks can weigh up to 1 10 tons and reach 65 feet (20 meters) in length, which is about 30 times that of ordinary sharks.
This 1909 photo shows Bashford Dean, an American zoologist, sitting in the jaw reconstruction of a dragon found in South Carolina.
The myth from truth (Sarah Newman) comes from the sea monster in Mayan mythology, such as Sipak (called Cipactli in Aztec), which is often described as a huge tooth. Newman thinks it may be inspired by the giant tooth fossils found in the ancient Mayan holy land.
The description of this shark-like sea monster is extracted from a glazed ceramic plate, which can be traced back to the early classical Maya period (AD 250-350) in the Peten Basin in northern Guatemala. [Read the complete story of how the giant shark may affect the myth of Mayan monsters] The power of "KDSP" and the Mayan website that defeated "KDSP" (photo credit: Peter Anderson) In the central United States, Megalodon was regarded as a sacred sacrifice, including the city of palenque in Chiapas, southern Mexico, reaching the peak of its power. Paka Wang from 6 15 to 683,
Palenque was at war with Mayan city-states in the 8th century, and was basically abandoned by the end of the 9th century.
Awesome image (Sarah Newman) Maya called sharks and sea monsters "xook", which was expressed in words according to this symbol.
Researchers believe that this symbol may represent a stylized bull shark, which is a common shark species in Central America.
Xook and its shark-like symbols are also used as part of the names of several famous kings and queens in Mayan history, which may mean mythical or totem connections with terrible marine life.
The shark-like features of God and Shark (Sarah Newman) and mythical sea monsters also appear in the descriptions of other Mayan gods.
In one version of Mayan mythology, the corn god was born from the open chin of the dying sea monster Sipak.
In this picture, a priest who imitates the corn god wears a shark's chin on the carving board of the Mayan ruins in Copan, Honduras. [Read the full story about how giant sharks influenced the myth of Mayan monsters] "