Decapitator

Examples of Decapitator in the following topics:

• The Moche

  • Moche iconography features a figure, which scholars have nicknamed the "Decapitator" or Ai Apaec.
  • A mural depicting the Decapitator, a central Moche icon of the land, water, and air as well as a figure of death and renewal.

• Architecture of the Maya

  • In one panel, one of the players has been decapitated; the wound spews streams of blood in the form of wriggling snakes.

• Gothic Architecture: The Abbey Church of Saint Denis

  • Legend says that he was decapitated on the Hill of Montmartre and subsequently carried his head to the site of the current church, indicating where he wanted to be buried.

• Sculpture of the Early Dynastic Period

  • To the far right are ten decapitated corpses of vanquished foes.

• Teotihuacan

  • Captives from wars were decapitated, had their hearts removed, were bludgeoned, or were buried alive to commemorate these momentous occasions.

• Frederick the Great

  • The king forced Frederick to watch the decapitation of Katte at Küstrin, leaving the crown prince to faint right before the fatal blow was struck.

• Constantine

  • Maxentius drowned in the Tiber during the battle and his body was later taken from the river and decapitated.

• The Preclassic Period of the Maya

  • Warfare appears to have intensified during this period, as evidenced by advanced weaponry, rulers beginning to be portrayed as warriors, and the appearance of mass graves and decapitated skeletons.