"And then the face of the earth was dried out by the sun. The sun was like a person when he revealed himself. His face was hot, so he dried out the face of the earth. Before the sun came up it was soggy, and the face of the earth was muddy before the sun came up. And when the sun had risen just a short distance he was like a person, and his heat was unbearable. Since he revealed himself only when he was born, it is only his reflection that now remains. As they put it in the ancient text, "The visible sun is not the real one." "And then, all at once, Tohil, Aulix, and Hacauitz were turned to stone, along with the icons of the puma, jaguar, rattlesnake, fer-de-lance, which the White Sparkstriker took with him into the trees. Everywhere, all of them became stone when the sun, moon, and stars appeared. Perhaps we would have no relief from the voracious animals today--the puma, jaguar, rattlesnake, fer-de-lance- -and perhaps it wouldn't even be our day today, if the original animals hadn't been turned to stone by the sun when he came up."
From the Popul Vuh of the Quiche Maya
Some low relief carving that is not on stelae
