Mayan or Maya mythology is part in of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the...

Māyā: divine Māyā and undivine Māyā, the former being the foundation of truth, the latter of falsehood. Elsewhere in Vedic mythology, Indra uses Maya...

Kunnechup Kamui God Arma (Luwian religion) God Kašku (Hittite mythology) God Men (Phrygian mythology) Jie Lin, God that carries the Moon across the night sky...

Classic Mayas (200–900 AD). The twins are often portrayed as complementary forces. The Twin motif recurs in many Native American mythologies; the Maya Twins...

In the Late Post-Classic Maya mythology of the Popol Vuh, Camazotz (/kɑːməˈsɒts/ from Mayan /kama ˈsots’/) (alternate spellings Cama-Zotz, Sotz, Zotz)...

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protector against the evils associated with darkness Hunahpu, one of the Maya Hero Twins; he transformed into the Sun while his brother transformed into...

The Maya death gods (also Ah Puch, Ah Cimih, Ah Cizin, Hun Ahau, Kimi, or Yum Kimil) known by a variety of names, are two basic types of death gods who...

A knowledge deity is a deity in mythology associated with knowledge, wisdom, or intelligence. Anansi, associated with stories, wisdom, knowledge, and...

to be related to Maya mythology. The ballcourt is a distinctive pan-Mesoamerican form of architecture. Although the majority of Maya ballcourts date to...

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perhaps, represent various stages of the sun's daily cycle. Recent Maya mythology is mainly concerned with Sun's childhood and the conflicts leading up...

in Maya culture was the ritual offering of nourishment to the gods and goddesses. Blood was viewed as a potent source of nourishment for the Maya deities...

A light deity is a god or goddess in mythology associated with light and/or day. Since stars give off light, star deities can also be included here. The...

Mam [mam] 'grandfather' or 'grandson', is a pan-Maya kinship term as well as a term of respect referring to ancestors and deities. In Classic period inscriptions...

fright", is the name of the underworld (in K'iche': Mitnal) in Maya mythology, ruled by the Maya death gods and their helpers. In 16th-century Verapaz, the...

Like other Mesoamerican peoples, the traditional Maya recognize in their staple crop, maize, a vital force with which they strongly identify. This is clearly...

Ara the Handsome, a deity of a dying and resurrecting nature Aralez (mythology) creatures with powers to resuscitate fallen warriors and resurrect the...

serpent deity of Maya mythology. It is closely related to the deity Qʼuqʼumatz of the Kʼicheʼ people and to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec mythology. Prominent temples...

opponent. Familiar spirit Huay Chivo Power animal Tonal (mythology) Tutelary spirit Diccionario Maya Cordemex 1980, p. 916. Redfield & Villa Rojas 1934, pp...

(200–1000 CE), Post-Classic (1000–1539 CE) and Contact Period (1511–1697) of Maya religion. The names are mainly taken from the books of Chilam Balam, Lacandon...

of Maya mythology) are still largely to be reconstructed. Lacandon and Tzotzil-Tzeltal oral tradition are particularly rich in jaguar lore. The Maya people...

Maya religion, the religious practices of the Maya peoples of parts of Mexico and Central America Maya mythology, the myths and legends of the Maya civilization...

The Vision Serpent is an important creature in Pre-Columbian Maya mythology, although the term itself is now slowly becoming outdated. The serpent was...

In Maya mythology, Chriakan-Ixmucane[pronunciation?] was a creator goddess formed out of four earlier creator gods. She is one of the thirteen creator...

base of the temple pyramid ('Pinturas Sub-1') depict elements of Maya creation mythology reminiscent of the Popol Vuh as well as of Yucatec cosmological...

In Maya mythology, Voltan[pronunciation?] was an earth and drum god (originally a human hero who was deified), married to Ixchel. The Maya believed in...

The traditional Maya or Mayan religion of the extant Maya peoples of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and the Tabasco, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Campeche...

season in Akan mythology Amosu, name means 'Giver of Rain' from Akan mythology Chaac, in Maya religion; Tohil, in K'iche' Maya mythology Q'uq'umatz, another...

Xumucane and Ixpiyacoc, are the names of the divine grandparents of Maya mythology of the Kʼicheʼ people and the daykeepers of the Popol Vuh. They are...