M02, carved block, skeletal figure.
Great Ballcourt, Chichen Itza (Merida Museum).
Rubbing image by Merle Greene Robertson.
Copyright 1995 Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute.





"Tell the Lord I'll leave the bones behind," he said to his nahual, his spirit twin. Accordingly the nahual, looking just like Quetzalcoatl himself, assured the Lord of Mictlan that the bones would be left. Meanwhile Quetzalcoatl began to run.