B'alaam

From All Skies Encyclopaedia
Revision as of 05:48, 23 June 2026 by ASEtech (talk | contribs) (→Reference)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Authors: ASE Tech Team

Jaguar image in Paris Codex

B'alaam is Mayan constellation for jaguar.

Etymology and History

B'alaam identified as such because of the typical marks exhibited which are related to the skin of this animal.[1][2]

Mythology

IAU Working Group on Star Names

Reference

  1. ↑ The Paris Codex: Complex Analysis of an Ancient Maya Manuscript (Dissertation) by Jakub Špoták
  2. ↑ Eduardo Rodas-Quito and Javier Mejuto (online). Maya sky culture in Stellarium, https://github.com/stellarium/stellarium , printed in Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds., 2022), Astronomy in Culture --Cultures of Astronomy. Astronomie in der Kultur--Kulturen der Astronomie.: Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting at the Annual Conference of the Astronomische Gesselschafb Sept. 14-16, 2021, tredition, Ahrensburg (Germany): 702-705.
Retrieved from "https://ase.exopla.net/index.php?title=B%27alaam&oldid=46584"