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Lady Six Sky
June 26th, 2007
The first runner up in the “Best Ancient Royalty Names” contest, as reported by Archaeology Today magazine, totally rocks.
Besides having the best name ever, Lady Six Sky was also an uppity Guatemalan ass-kicker, barging fearlessly into the boys’ club of her society:
She arrived “here” in 682 as the daughter of King B’alaj Chan K’awiil of Dos Pilas. She was never invested as a Naranjo ruler, she assumed every other prerogative of kingship, portraying herself on monuments and performing key calendrical rituals. This even extended to military symbolism.
It is clear that she assumed the role of Queen regnant and effectively ruled, then perhaps co-ruled for a substantial period. She seems to have been the mother of king K’ak Tiliw Chan Chaak, but the sources never mention his father. She was the central figure, even after the formal enthronement of her son (at age five). She waged war in his name, and remained an important force to until her death at the age of 77. She lived (664-741).
I totally want to move to Belize, start a band called Lady Six Sky, and rock out until I can no longer stand on my crone two legs.
By the way, first place in the name contest went to her son, Smoking Squirrel. Kinda makes you wonder about the sort of folks who read Archaeology Today…
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My astronaut name: Okie Fanokie Blah Ha.
My pornstar name: Scrog Rod, although I think Bobby Meatster is better.
My convict name: “Red Rider”, derived from my weapon of choice
My bar name: Sweet Cletus Bubwuk. No shit. I had a bar girl call me this for months. She never knew my real name. I’ll always be Sweet Cletus to her.
- The Fixer (my blog name, I guess)
SWEET CLETUS?
*faints*
You do realize you’re in royal trouble for not revealing this detail a tad sooner, yes?
And I am so calling you that the next time we meet.
Lady Six Sky By Elaine Lowe
It is the year 682, but to the Maya it is the ninth baktun, twelfth katun, tenth tun. Born to a renegade splinter of the noble line of Mutal, Ix Wac Chanil, Lady Six Sky, is unique among Maya princesses. More than an ornament to a great king, she will rule as well as reign. Sent to the ruined kingdom of Saal to restore its royal blood, Chanil has one condition to traveling into the embattled Maya heartland to hold the peace. She gets to choose her own mate. And she chooses well.
Ah Maxam, Tiliw T’ul, is a great artist and respected scribe. She’s wanted him since she was a girl and he was a man in exile. No other man makes her body throb with need. But can she ever believe he wants her as more than a queen? Together, can the intensity of their passion rebuild a kingdom torn apart by generations of war?
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