...(2/2) is the term for "Trogon bird" or "Harpy eagle". Therefore, the name of the wahyis might actually mean "Bat trogon" or "Bat Harpy eagle", assuming the "xu" syllable actually represents the logogram for "bat".

... The text next to it mentions that it belonged to 2 sites, one read as "Uhx" and the other as "Hix Bin". Both remain unidentified and almost nothing is known about them (something common with wahyis creatures) But Hix Bin is mentioned in at least one other vase. (3/3)

... And, like other jaguar wahyis, holding a lily flower on its head. The pose and the bone throne suggest a link with altered states of consciousness and death, hinting perhaps at a dangerous nature... (2/3)

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... Things associated with the underworld and with altered states of consciousness.
It is attributed to two sites : Ux and Hix Bin, which are almost entirely unknown, although Hix Bin is mentioned in at least one other vase (2/2)

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(2/2) In this case, it is rendered in the Red Background style, which seems to have belonged to the site of El Zotz in the central Peten, but I decided to also make an example in black, just because there are also some examples of black background style.

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... Suggesting a link with warriors or military conflicts.
Like other Jaguar mythical beings, it holds a Waterlily flower on its head, suggesting also links with the underworld.

It is especially frequent in vases from the Mirador basin, to the north of Petén, Guatemala

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