Cacti can be used to ensnare and kill El Cuero, a South American man-eater whose form is an amalgamation of a cow-hide, an octopus, and one of these animals. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these animals, whose most notable appendage is used in Yaxchilan’s (“yahsh-CHEE-lahn”) Lintel 17. In another system, a man’s death comes from the sea when his son stabs him using this animal’s appendage.
ANSWER: stingrays [or trygon; prompt on rays]
[10e] In Yaxchilan’s Lintel 17, a man uses a stingray spine to spear his genitals as part of a Mayan practice named for this substance. Bark paper stained with this substance was burned to summon the Vision Serpent.
ANSWER: blood [or ch’ahb; accept bloodletting]
[10h] Piscine features and a septum pierced with a stingray spine contrast one of these deities from his jaguar-like counterpart. Bones from Tikal portray these aged deities, who steer the Maize God’s canoe as part of his cycle of rebirth.
ANSWER: Paddlers [accept Stingray Paddler, Spine Paddler, or Jaguar Paddler]
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