"The 1999 discovery of the hieroglyphic platform of
Temple XIX at Palenque (Stuart 2000a) opened the
doors to a new understanding of Classic Maya mythology.
Dedicated during the reign of K’inich Ahkal
Mo’ Nahb’ III2 in AD 734, it begins with an account
of a series of cosmic events that occurred during
the final bak’tun of the previous creation. These
events include the enthronement of god GI in the
sky under the supervision of Yax Naah Itzamnaaj on
March 10, 3309 BC, as well as a decapitation event
that happened eleven years later. This passage (Figure
1), partially deciphered thanks to contributions
made by David Stuart (2000a:29, 2005:68-77, 176-180,
2006:101), narrates the decapitation of a crocodile or
caiman with star and deer attributes (the “Starry Deer
Crocodile”), that we can observe in other contexts as
a patron god of the month Yax,3 the head variant of
the eighth day of the Maya calendar, Lamat, or the
personification of the glyph for “star,” “Venus,” or
“planet,” EK’ (see Förstemann 1906:182-196; Thompson
1960:77, 105, 220-221; Kelley and Kerr 1974:184;
Kelley 1976:38; Closs 1979:147-148; Aveni 1991:316)"

"ERIK VELÁSQUEZ GARCÍA
Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, UNAM"

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