Schele, Linda. 1995. "The Olmec Mountain and Tree of Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology". Olmec World : Ritual and Rulership: 5:114, Fig. 26b
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Temple stone carved with image of an eagle devouring a snake while standing atop a cactus surrounded by water. This myth relates to the mythical founding of Tenochtitlan by the Mexica; but also has been interpreted as an elaboration of the world tree imagery.
