Xibalba byeol
Yet another in an occasional series
of posts about the cosmic hotness
in the constellation Orion.
This is a composite image of the Orion Cloud that was produced by Robert Gendler. There were four separate frames exposed for a total of 50 hours in order to produce the image.
I was recently able to view The Fountain, in which the same stellar region featured above -- this time called Xibalba, and cast in the yellow-orange light of a dying star -- prominently figures.
Even though Mayan legend and cosmology seems to regard Xibalba as a treacherous underworld realm, Darren Aronofsky portrayed it as a glowing fixture in the firmament. Aronofksy mentions in an interview that a pathway to Xibalba was to be found in the object that Occidental cultures know as the Orion Nebula.
More often, however, I've read that Xibalba's symbolic position in the sky is situated along the dark rift of the Milky Way... which is on the opposite end of the celestial sphere from Orion.
"There is a dark bifurcation or dark rift in the Milky Way caused by interstellar dust clouds. To observers on Earth, it appears as a dark road. The Maya today are quite aware of this feature. The Quiche Maya call it Xibalba. [Additionally, see "The Road to Xibalba" --Ed.]
"The Mayans believe when a planet, the Sun, or the Moon crossed the exact center of the rift, entrance to the underworld road was possible. It so happens that the Mayans, 2300 years ago, calculated that our Sun will be in the exact center of the rift on December 21st, 2012."
Oh, by the way, byeol is the Korean word for 'star.'
of posts about the cosmic hotness
in the constellation Orion.
This is a composite image of the Orion Cloud that was produced by Robert Gendler. There were four separate frames exposed for a total of 50 hours in order to produce the image.
I was recently able to view The Fountain, in which the same stellar region featured above -- this time called Xibalba, and cast in the yellow-orange light of a dying star -- prominently figures.
Even though Mayan legend and cosmology seems to regard Xibalba as a treacherous underworld realm, Darren Aronofsky portrayed it as a glowing fixture in the firmament. Aronofksy mentions in an interview that a pathway to Xibalba was to be found in the object that Occidental cultures know as the Orion Nebula.
More often, however, I've read that Xibalba's symbolic position in the sky is situated along the dark rift of the Milky Way... which is on the opposite end of the celestial sphere from Orion.
"There is a dark bifurcation or dark rift in the Milky Way caused by interstellar dust clouds. To observers on Earth, it appears as a dark road. The Maya today are quite aware of this feature. The Quiche Maya call it Xibalba. [Additionally, see "The Road to Xibalba" --Ed.]
"The Mayans believe when a planet, the Sun, or the Moon crossed the exact center of the rift, entrance to the underworld road was possible. It so happens that the Mayans, 2300 years ago, calculated that our Sun will be in the exact center of the rift on December 21st, 2012."
Oh, by the way, byeol is the Korean word for 'star.'
Xibalba byeol
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