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Meaning of yaxché



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

yaxché
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It is a way of calling the Ceiba tree in Mayan (Ceiba pentandra), of the family Malvaceae (previously was classified in the family Bombacaceae). Also referred to as pochote, bonga, lupuna, mapajo, or kapok.

  



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GARCÍA ALBERTO

mythical tree, which according to beliefs of the Mayans, was located in the center of the Earth -

  

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Martha Juliana Rego

Yaxchearbol of paradise under which rested the blessed eternally.Means sacred Ceiba.Arbol MayaDe agreement to the maya cosmovision universe has 3 levels and appear in the symbolism of la ceiba, remaining United with Yes.Boots of the sky, of the cosmos with all his energies branches and leaves.The trunk is the world inhabited by humans.Roots symbolize the Valley of Xibalba or the underworld.The underworld is where the souls go to a period of purification. Where should sustain tests imposed also by the gods who live there.Beings who have left this flat land as innocent victims will directly beside the Supreme gods.Yaxche personifies the center of rotation of the cosmos, is the tree of life

  

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Anónimo

Mexico. Tree between life and death Etimologia Maya

  










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