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Dr. James Fitzsimmons

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

There's a famous pot, I forget what the name is, but it's, we call it, it's like it's, there are rabbits pot, basically.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

Yeah.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

So it's an image of one of the Maya creator deities.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And the Maya creator deity is sitting there with a bunch of mushrooms.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And the thing you have to understand about Maya religiosity is that the gods, ancient Maya gods, they're fallible.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

They are not omniscient.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

They make all kinds of mistakes.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

They do all kinds of human-like things.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And everything blends into everything else.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

So there's the creator god.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And the creator god is sitting there.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And he's chewing on all these mushrooms, right?

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And he has these visitors bringing him gifts.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And one of the visitors is really, really upset because he gets there.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And that's a different rat pot pot.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

But yeah, bunnies in general are actually like tricksters for the Maya.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

Like any bunny pot you see, it's always going to be humor.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

It's supposed to be funny, right?

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And there's this guy, and he's chewing on these things.

Camp Gagnon
The DARK Magic Hidden in Mayan Hieroglyphs

And the guest is really upset, and the guest actually just says, like they have captions, like a cartoon.