This is what early domesticated corn (maize) looked like. It was domesticated from the plant "teocintle" (meaning "grass of the gods" in Náhuatl), most likely by the native people of Guerrero, Mexico, around 8000 years ago...
On this picture you can see two small cobs of teocintle on the left, and two cobs with mixed genetics that are developing towards corn on the right...
My article "Resurrection of the maize god" about animal and plant calendar markers found in the Mayan legend about the resurrection of the corn (maize) god, which is depicted on this plate...
When the vultures start dancing, it is time to plant your corn (maize)...Article "Golden eagles from Costa Rica" about the meaning of the gold "Double Headed Eagles", made in Costa Rica between 700 and 1530 AD by people of Diquis culture...
When the big horn rams start fighting for ewes, the rains will arrive and the the corn will germinate and grow...Article "Alosaka" about Alósaka, Horned Corn (Maize) God of the Hopi Indians from the SW USA.
If you wanted to symbolically depict the god of rain (which arrive when big horn rams start fighting for ewes), who is also the god of corn/maize (which depends on this rain to grow), how would you do it? Like this maybe? A "mysterious" petroglyph, Arizona. More in my article "Rain cloud".
When snakes start dancing, the rains will come to help corn (maize) grow...Article "Snake dance" about Hopi Indians snake dance from SW USA.
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