Seven Macaw or Vucub-Caquix

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by Flickr User: Urban Sea Star
published on 21 March 2014

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Seven Macaw or Vucub-Caquix — A replica of an architectural decoration from the Mayan ballcourt of Copan. It represents the god Seven Macaw (Vucub-Caquix) who was killed by the Hero Twins in Book II of the Popol Vuh. (Museum of Mayan Sculpture, Copan, Honduras)

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Original image by Flickr User: Urban Sea Star. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 21 March 2014 under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. This licence only allows others to download this content and share it with others as long as the author is credited, but they can't change the content in any way or use it commercially. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Star, F. U. U. S. (2014, March 21). Seven Macaw or Vucub-Caquix. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/2423/

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Star, Flickr U. U. S. "Seven Macaw or Vucub-Caquix." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 21, 2014. https://www.ancient.eu/image/2423/.

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Star, Flickr U. U. S. "Seven Macaw or Vucub-Caquix." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 21 Mar 2014. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

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