tlatollotl: Sorry, I reuploaded this because I messed up a good chunk of the quote because I suck an
tlatollotl: Sorry, I reuploaded this because I messed up a good chunk of the quote because I suck and fail at life. Context, On that day, people believed to be from or associated with Teotihuacan killed the Tikal ajaw Jaguar Paw and installed their own ruler. Spearthrower Owl, whose glyph you see in the meme, is the father of the newly installed ruler of Tikal, Nun Yax Ayin. It’s believed that Spearthrower Owl may be a leader or someone of great importance from Teotihuacan that helped to lead the entrada into the Maya region, though he was never crowned a ruler himself at any Maya site. You can read more about it from this source: Stuart, David. “The arrival of strangers.” Mesoamericas Classic Heritage: From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs, Boulder, University Press of Colorado (2000): 465-513. If you have Academia.edu access - https://www.academia.edu/8797489/The_Arrival_of_Strangers_Teotihuacan_and_Tollan_in_Classic_Maya_History -- source link