Between Death and Divinity. Rethinking the Significance of Triadic Groups in Ancient Maya Culture

The meaning of Triadic Groups in ancient Maya culture can be tied to a specific mythological concept known as Flowery Mountain. Variety of cultural components, from iconography to epigraphy to built environment, point towards the Maize God as a protagonist of the religious performance ascribed to the Triadic Group, with his lifecycle being an alegory of agricultural stages of maize.