Yaxchilan's Shield Jaguar and Lady Xook Lintel 24 and 25

Shield Jaguar and Lady Xook (or Xoc) are two important figures found throughout art in Yaxchilan, an ancient Maya city. This video studies these two figures as found in Lintel 24 and Lintel 25 stone carvings from Yaxchilan's Structure 23. You'll come to better understand Shield Jaguar, Lady Xook, ancient Mayan art, and the sacred Mayan bloodletting ritual found in these lintels. Related content: Lintel 24 and 25 Yaxchilan - https://arthistorywithalder.com/linte... Coyolxauhqui Stone from Templo Mayor | Aztec Art History -    • Coyolxauhqui Stone from Templo Mayor | Azt...   0:00 Video intro 0:25 Yaxchilan overview 0:45 Structure 23 1:24 Lintel 24 - Shield Jaguar and Lady Xook bloodletting ritual 4:33 Importance of Mayan calendar 4:54 Lintel 25 - Shield Jaguar's ascension to the thrown and Lady Xook hallucination 7:42 Mayan art connection #shieldjaguarandladyxoc #yaxchilan #lintel24 #lintel25 #arthistorywithalder Share this video -    • Yaxchilan's Shield Jaguar and Lady Xook Li...   Say hi on social and my website! Website: https://arthistorywithalder.com/ Facebook:   / arthistorywithalder   CREDITS CC BY 2.0 license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... CC BY-SA 3.0 license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... CC BY-SA 4.0 license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Some of the following photos may have text and other annotations throughout the video: Foto en la Zona Arqueológica de Yaxchilan 01.jpg / ZoRrO0880 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Usumacinta river from Yaxchilan - Chiapas - Mexico - panoramio.jpg / diego_cue / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Yaxchilán.jpg / Joaquín Bravo Contreras / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Mayamap.png / Kmusser / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Yaxchilan Lintel 24.jpg / Michel wal / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Japan Nagoya Maya Calendar.jpg / Medullaoblongata Projekt / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0 Yaxchilan lintel 25.jpg / Isaac Bordas from Sabadell, Catalunya / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 *All other photos used are in the public domain Music from bensound.com