Debra Smetana

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she turns her body around and upside down just as the sun sets and the night begins. At dawn she returns to her original position in the throes of giving birth to the sun. On a daily basis the earth inverts at dusk and then again at dawn. This action puts the Beneath World on top at night, and the Upper World returns to its familiar position at dawn.
Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
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