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In Maya mythology, the ceiba tree holds great importance due to its role in Maya creation stories. According to the Popol Vuh, four ceiba trees were planted in the four corners of the world and a fifth in the center to connect the underworld, the middle world, and the heavens. This fifth tree, called the World Tree, was seen as sacred as it provided a pathway for souls to travel between the different realms and allowed the Gods to access the middle world.

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In Maya mythology the Yaxche hold a high importance because of its significance in the creation story of the Maya people. According to the Popol Vuh, an ancient Maya scripture, the Gods planted four Ceiba trees in each corner of the world, in the east a red Ceiba; in the west a black Ceiba; in the south a yellow Ceiba; and in the north a white Ceiba, so that they could hold up the heavens. The fifth Yaxche was planted in the center of the four trees so that its roots could reach Xibalba, the underworld, and its branches reached the heavens. The fifth tree was viewed as the sacred connector of the three realms; the Underworld, the Middle world, and the heavens. The World Tree, as it was called, was thought to provide a channel for the souls of humans to travel into the underworld or the heavens and was seen as sacred because it was the only way the Gods had of traveling into the Middle world. Maya cosmo-visionYa axche C E I B A P E N T A N D R A ( L . ) G A E R T N E R . ICOM 10 Merida Mexico June 30-July 5, 2019 M Y C O R R H I Z A E F O R A S U S T A I N A B L E W O R L D Almaguer, 2019 The ceiba is a gray tree of gigantic figure. You can see his musculature half stained with chalk. It is the tree that does everything; I have seen him work and in the afternoon modeling your little mud birds. Ceiba I told you and I tell you: I will hang my heart of a shoot of your coat; will have your blood with you height and vegetation. Jaime Sabines Chilam Balam
During the Caste War, many Mayan groups were convinced by the Spaniards to pray to Christ and some indigenous groups in the form of protest used the green cross (ceiba wood) as a standard because of the labor, ideological and religious pressure to which they were subjected. . The Mayans knew that raising their prayers to the ceiba tree was the same as praying for the faith of the conquerors. This practice was converted by some cunning into a strategy of Christian imposition. Characteristics of wood Density 0.38 to 0.46 g / cm3. Tangential contraction from 3.14 to 4.14; radial that produce the blue spot of the wood; The heartwood is considered to be of medium durability to white rot. From 2.24 to 3.0; Flexion, maximum resistance of 853 to 751 Kg / cm-2; Parallel compression, maximum resistance of 220 to 490 Kg / cm-2. Light or soft wood. Varies in durability depending on whether it is heartwood or sapwood, dry sapwood is susceptible to attack by insects or fungi. It has a marked difference between sapwood (yellowish) and heartwood (pink to reddish or brown). Little luster, soft veining to something accented. Straight grain to slightly crisscrossed. MONUMENT TO THE X'TABAY, MRIDA CONABIO, 2018 XILOTECA, JOAN BERGS Cruz verde, protectora de los pueblos mayas Foto: Mariana Castillo

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  • 1. In Maya mythology the Yaxche hold a high importance because of its significance in the creation story of the Maya people. According to the Popol Vuh, an ancient Maya scripture, the Gods planted four Ceiba trees in each corner of the world, in the east a red Ceiba; in the west a black Ceiba; in the south a yellow Ceiba; and in the north a white Ceiba, so that they could hold up the heavens. The fifth Yaxche was planted in the center of the four trees so that its roots could reach Xibalba, the underworld, and its branches reached the heavens. The fifth tree was viewed as the sacred connector of the three realms; the Underworld, the Middle world, and the heavens. The World Tree, as it was called, was thought to provide a channel for the souls of humans to travel into the underworld or the heavens and was seen as sacred because it was the only way the Gods had of traveling into the Middle world. Maya cosmo-visionYa axche C E I B A P E N T A N D R A ( L . ) G A E R T N E R . ICOM 10 Merida Mexico June 30-July 5, 2019 M Y C O R R H I Z A E F O R A S U S T A I N A B L E W O R L D Almaguer, 2019 The ceiba is a gray tree of gigantic figure. You can see his musculature half stained with chalk. It is the tree that does everything; I have seen him work and in the afternoon modeling your little mud birds. Ceiba I told you and I tell you: I will hang my heart of a shoot of your coat; will have your blood with you height and vegetation. Jaime Sabines Chilam Balam
  • 2. During the Caste War, many Mayan groups were convinced by the Spaniards to pray to Christ and some indigenous groups in the form of protest used the green cross (ceiba wood) as a standard because of the labor, ideological and religious pressure to which they were subjected. . The Mayans knew that raising their prayers to the ceiba tree was the same as praying for the faith of the conquerors. This practice was converted by some cunning into a strategy of Christian imposition. Characteristics of wood Density 0.38 to 0.46 g / cm3. Tangential contraction from 3.14 to 4.14; radial that produce the blue spot of the wood; The heartwood is considered to be of medium durability to white rot. From 2.24 to 3.0; Flexion, maximum resistance of 853 to 751 Kg / cm-2; Parallel compression, maximum resistance of 220 to 490 Kg / cm-2. Light or soft wood. Varies in durability depending on whether it is heartwood or sapwood, dry sapwood is susceptible to attack by insects or fungi. It has a marked difference between sapwood (yellowish) and heartwood (pink to reddish or brown). Little luster, soft veining to something accented. Straight grain to slightly crisscrossed. MONUMENT TO THE X'TABAY, MRIDA CONABIO, 2018 XILOTECA, JOAN BERGS Cruz verde, protectora de los pueblos mayas Foto: Mariana Castillo