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 important gods in the Classic and Postclassic Maya pantheon.[1] Although little is known about him, scattered references are present in early-colonial Spanish reports (relaciones) and dictionaries. Twentieth-century Lacandon lore includes tales about a creator god (Nohochakyum or Hachakyum) who may be a late successor to him. In the pre-Spanish period, Itzamná was often depicted in books and in ceramic scenes derived from them. Before the names of the Maya deities were deciphered, Itzamná was known as "god D", and is still sometimes referred to as "god D" by archeologists.
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...
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...
'Principal Bird Deity', an avian transformation of Itzamna. The solar affiliation of (Kinich Ahau) Itzamna is part of the argument for identifying the Popol...
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...
reconstructed from Late Classic and Postclassic inscriptions, the deity Itzamna is frequently credited with bringing the knowledge of the calendrical system...
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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...
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Archived from the original on 25 April 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2015. Itzamná, Ollantay (21 May 2015). "Guatemala: Indígenas y campesinos indignados...
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...
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...
culture, and wisdom, as well as the patron god of learning and knowledge. Itzamna, creator god, associated with knowledge, wisdom, writing and culture, patron...
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...
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,...
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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...
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...
Maya mythology and religion Maize god and Itzamna Practices Bloodletting Death rituals Dedication rituals Pilgrimage Priesthood Sacrifice (Humans) Places...
Maya mythology and religion Maize god and Itzamna Practices Bloodletting Death rituals Dedication rituals Pilgrimage Priesthood Sacrifice (Humans) Places...
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...
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...
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...
Tenochtitlan Aztecs; Indra for the Vedic Indians; Inti for the Incas; Itzamna for the Mayas; Jade Emperor for the Chinese; Kataragama deviyo for Sri...
(Hindu) Indra and Indrani (Hindu) Isis and Osiris (Egyptian) Ixchel and Itzamna (Mayan) Izanami-no-Mikoto and Izanagi (Japanese) Kaliyan and Kalicchi (Southern...
small stone blocks perfectly arranged to form emotional masks of the god Itzamná, whose threatening open jaws announce the entrance of the buildings that...
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