![]() Medea furiously castigates her son, Chac-Mool over his decision to take part in a ritual she considers symbolically toxic ( Moraga, 2001, p. has mystical powers that haunt the family. Moraga’s Medea ends with what Fernandez deems as a more “vaguely hopeful and cautious note”, with Medea placed in a psychiatric hospital, smiling as she sees visions of her son ( Fernandez, 2007, p. Although both versions have Medea “lose their mind” after their heinous acts, Euripedes’ version ends with Medea escaping punishment and somewhat triumphant. Power is one of the themes in Fuentes’ short story, Chac-mool. 219).Įuripedes’ Medea explicitly refers to the murder of her sons as a sacrifice as well, yet her desire for vengeance against a cheating husband is clear. The name was created in 1875 by Augustus Le Plongeon and he proposed a Maya Yucateco name, because he found them in Yucatn first. The resulting dispute leads Moraga’s Medea to kill her son, which she sees as sacrifice, a way to save him from becoming another member of “the misogynist male order” ( Staile-Costa, 2017, p. Chac Mool is a type of sculpture denominated pre-Colombian mesoamerican which appeared at the beginning of the Postclassic period. ![]() In order for Chac-Mool to join the society, he must perform a Sun Dance ritual, which Medea considers a distorted custom that now promotes misogyny and male domination. For example, in Moraga’s version, Medea’s son Chac-Mool, wants to join his father in Aztlan, the region from which Medea has been exiled because she refuses to deny her queer identity. Chac Mool Maya 8001250 CE Not on view Sculptures of this type, featuring a reclining male figure holding a bowl on his torso, were given the invented name Chac Mool by nineteenth-century explorers during an archaeological expedition to Chichen Itza.
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