Penis Size MATTERS


Mayan penis worship


	Uxmal, Yucatan, Mexico

	Located 50 miles south of Merida, Uxmal has some of the most spectacular ruins in all of Mexico and is more impressing with Uxmal than the more popular Chichen Itza. Most experts date Uxmal from 600-1000 AD when the city, along with most of the cities in the Yucatan suddenly became deserted. A mystery for many years, the mass desertions in this area have now been proven to have been caused by a cataclysmic drought which lasted for years. Little is actually known about the history of this city as it had already been abandoned for over 500 years by the time the Spaniards found it.

	The pyramid of the Magician is actually 5 pyramids in one. One pyramid built over the next and the next . . . and apparently, much of the pyramids which lie beneath are still relatively intact.

	The Governor's Palace actually never was a residence for the ruler of Uxmal. Mayan astronomers and priests used this spectacular structure to make astronomical calculations to determine the times for planting, feasts, and celebrations when the planet Venus was to rise on the horizon. The main body of the site is only about a half mile, with thousands of carved stones in the facades and the phallic stones, a garden of large penis shaped stones.



	In various parts of the Yucatan Peninsula have been located erect phallus. Most of these are not in their original place, which makes it difficult to determine its function.



	The Yucatan peninsula is the region with the largest number of phallic representations in Mesoamerica, many integrated into the architecture, as in the Temple of the Phalluses of Uxmal and many buildings of the Late Classic in the northern Maya area.



	Over 130 phalli are documented from various contexts from over forty sites. Three general types are noted: large freestanding, detached phalli; small portable phalli; and attached phalli (i.e., phalli which are attached to the human form, architectural or natural surfaces such as cave walls). An analysis of Classic Maya iconography suggests that ancient Maya concepts of lineage, rulership, and creation are manifested in the overt form of the phallus during the Terminal Classic period. Overt phallic images served as community symbols that secured Maya religious and ritual practices during a period of drastic change. Phallic imagery served to santify sacred ritual space, order the community, and legitimize the authority of the ruling elite.



	Yahualica, Hidalgo


	This five-foot tall stone penis, now in Mexico City's National Museum of Anthropology, was found in Yahualica, Hidalgo, a town seventy miles southeast of Tamtoc.

	The Huaxteca culture created this representation of the male member as part of the fertility of both land and human life. While there are representations of phalluses made of stone in Mayan sites around the area, none of them have the artistic quality of this piece.

	The Mayan people were most intelligent and highly educated and their worship of penis another proof of that.