Guardians of the Corn: The Snake, The Bat and the Toad in Pre-Columbian Mayan Art of the Classic Period (ca. 250-900 CE)

作     者：Carey Clements Rote 

作者机构：Texas A&M UniversityCorpus ChristiTXUSA 

出 版 物：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》 (文学与艺术研究（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第9卷第1期

页      码：123-134页

摘      要：The conflict and congruity of dualistic approaches to the world inundate the illustration of agricultural production in the Pre-Columbian Art of the *** production is co-dependent on human factors,environmental factors and animal *** symbiosis of these elements generated success or failure in harmony with the natural *** paper explores the relationship of three animals to successful crop production with particular attention placed on the cane toad,as this creature has often been confused with frogs or underplayed in earlier academic *** cane toad is a powerful force in organic farming,functioning as a deterrent to destructive *** addition,the cane toad produces powerful hallucinogenic substances for humans,while at the same time,repelling predators with its bitter taste,acrid smell and *** bufo-toxin is a powerful substance that links the toad with the Underworld origins of the maize.

主 题 词：Pre-Columbian Maya cane toad bat serpent maize corn organic farming cacao bufo-toxin 

学科分类：0202[经济学-财政学类] 02[经济学] 020205[020205] 

D　O　I：10.17265/2159-5836/2019.01.011

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