Karl Taube, who wrote an essay on this substance’s symbolism partially titled for its “fetishes,” studied a god of this substance who appears in the San Bartolo murals. A foliated god of this substance is contrasted with the “first father,” a tonsured god of this substance, whose emergence from a turtle carapace is often equated with the resurrection of Hun Hunahpu. A passage into the side of a mountain that reveals the source of this substance is opened by the Hero Twins, who use it to replace the teeth of Seven Macaw. After attempts using mud and wood failed, humanity was created out of this foodstuff by Tepeu and Qucumatz. For 10 points, the Three Sisters included squash, beans, and what staple grain that features in many Mesoamerican stories? ■END■
ANSWER: maize [or corn; accept Maya maize god or tonsured maize god or foliated maize god; accept “Lighting Celts and Corn Fetishes”]
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