Itzamná (Mayan pronunciation: [it͡samˈna]) is, in Maya mythology, an upper god and creator deity thought to reside in the sky. Itzamná is one of the most...

the north, associated with the color white, and the Muluc years. Son of Itzamna and Ixchel. God of rain, thunder, and lightning, wields an axe of lightning...

'Principal Bird Deity', an avian transformation of Itzamna. The solar affiliation of (Kinich Ahau) Itzamna is part of the argument for identifying the Popol...

executed. Kinich Ahau was apparently considered an aspect of the upper god, Itzamna. He may conceivably be related to the patron deity of Izamal, Kinich Kakmo...

patron deity of the deer (Sip). Additional scenes have the upper god, Itzamna, riding a deer and the hero brothers hunting a boar with the upper god...

Maya mythology and religion Maize god and Itzamna Practices Bloodletting Death rituals Dedication rituals Pilgrimage Priesthood Sacrifice (Humans) Places...

The role model for the high priest is likely to have been the upper god Itzamna, first priest and inventor of the art of writing. The most general word...

reconstructed from Late Classic and Postclassic inscriptions, the deity Itzamna is frequently credited with bringing the knowledge of the calendrical system...

Plants: Justicia Spicigera". Arizona State University. Baqueiro Pena, Itzamna (July 2013). "Antioxidant and Coloring Characteristics of Muicle (Justicia...

Maya mythology and religion Maize god and Itzamna Practices Bloodletting Death rituals Dedication rituals Pilgrimage Priesthood Sacrifice (Humans) Places...

nearly leading to war between the two cantons. Figures of Kokopelli and Itzamna (as the Mayan tonsured maize god) in Pre-Columbian America often include...

the Bacab (apparently a unitary concept) was the son of the creator god, Itzamna, and of the goddess Ixchebelyax; he had once been humbled, killed, and...

culture, and wisdom, as well as the patron god of learning and knowledge. Itzamna, creator god, associated with knowledge, wisdom, writing and culture, patron...

Maya mythology and religion Maize god and Itzamna Practices Bloodletting Death rituals Dedication rituals Pilgrimage Priesthood Sacrifice (Humans) Places...

Mari pantheon: Kugu Jumo Māori pantheon: Tāne Mayan pantheon: Hunab Ku, Itzamna, Huracan, Kukulkan, Camazotz and Cabrakan. Mbuti pantheon: Khonvoum Meitei...

Pyramid of the Magician. According to one account, a magician-god named Itzamna was single-handedly supposed to have erected the pyramid in one night,...

travel to the island at least once to worship Ixchel. She was the wife of Itzamna, the supreme Mayan lord of the skies of the night and of the day. The women...

Chief among the patron deities of the Classic priests was the upper god, Itzamna, first priest and first writer, still shown officiating in one of the pictures...

Maya mythology and religion Maize god and Itzamna Practices Bloodletting Death rituals Dedication rituals Pilgrimage Priesthood Sacrifice (Humans) Places...

parallels, from the Japanese myth of Izanagi and Izanami, the Mayan myth of Itzamna and Ixchel, and the Indian myth of Savitri and Satyavan. While often compared...

related by Las Casas, according to which she, together with her spouse, Itzamna, had thirteen sons, two of whom created heaven and earth and all that belongs...

Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015. Itzamná, Ollantay (21 May 2015). "Guatemala: Indígenas y campesinos indignados...

his attributes with those of the Classic Period Chontal Maya creator god Itzamna and was a two headed serpentine sky monster that carried the sun across...

of biennial juries at an international level Creating and awarding the ITZAMNA prize over a period of six consecutive years. Organizing three meetings...

a different colour. They also had a dual day-night/life-death aspect. Itzamna was the creator god, but he also embodied the cosmos, and was simultaneously...

lightning and rain, although she is occasionally paired with the Creator God Itzamna in the Popol Vuh, a recording of the myths of the highland Maya. This highlights...

(Hindu) Indra and Indrani (Hindu) Isis and Osiris (Egyptian) Ixchel and Itzamna (Mayan) Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi (Japanese) Kaliyan and Kalicchi (Southern...

Tenochtitlan Aztecs; Indra for the Vedic Indians; Inti for the Incas; Itzamna for the Mayas; Jade Emperor for the Chinese; Kataragama deviyo for Sri...

writing. Hunab Ku was closely associated with an indigenous creator god, Itzamna, in an effort to make use of religious syncretism. An assertion that Hunab...

by Chichen Itza. Its principal temples were sacred to the creator deity Itzamna and to the Sun god Kinich Ahau. Five huge Pre-Columbian structures are...