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 are respectively represented by the 16th-century Yucatec deities Hunhau and Uacmitun Ahau mentioned by Spanish Bishop Diego de Landa. Hunhau is the lord of the Underworld. Iconographically, Hunhau and Uacmitun Ahau correspond to the Gods A and A' ("A prime").
In recent narratives, particularly in the oral tradition of the Lacandon people, there is only one death god (called "Kisin" in Lacandon), who acts as the antipode of the Upper God in the creation of the world and of the human body and soul. This death god inhabits an Underworld that is also the world of the dead. As a ruler over the world of the dead (Metnal or Xibalba), the principal death god corresponds to the Aztec deity Mictlāntēcutli. The Popol Vuh has two leading death gods, but these two are really one: Both are called "Death," but while one is known as "One Death," the other is called "Seven Death." They were vanquished by the Hero Twins.
The two principal death gods count among the many were-animals and spooks (wayob) inhabiting the Underworld, with the God A way in particular manifesting himself as a head hunter and a deer hunter. Ah Puch was banished after he broke his promise with the Maya king and was sent to the storm that would bring him to earth forever.
The Mayadeathgods (also Ah Puch, Ah Cimih, Ah Cizin, Hun Ahau, Kimi, or Yum Kimil) known by a variety of names, are two basic types of deathgods who...
of the earth crust. Mayadeathgods "Religion-Mayan Gods Deities". www.maya-archaeology.org. Braswell, Geoffrey E. (2003). The Maya and Teotihuacan: Reinterpreting...
is the name of the underworld (in K'iche': Mitnal) in Maya mythology, ruled by the Mayadeathgods and their helpers. In 16th-century Verapaz, the entrance...
is a Maya god of death and earthquakes. He is the most important Mayadeath god in the Maya culture. Scholars call him God A. To the Yucatán Mayas he was...
The pre-Columbian Maya religion knew various jaguar gods, in addition to jaguar demi-gods, (ancestral) protectors, and transformers. The main jaguar deities...
certain deaths were more noble than others. The Maya were ritualistic people, who paid great respect to the destructive nature of their gods. They had...
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...
ballcourt to be hung up as the ball to be used by the gods in their next ballgame. In Classic Maya iconography, the (leaf-nosed) bat, exhaling unhealthy...
Camazotz, bat god who resides in the underworld Cizin Ixtab Xtabay Mayadeathgods known under various names (Hunhau, Uacmitun Ahau, Ah Puch, Kisin, Yum...
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...
the Goddess of Death and Maya's biological mother Danny Trejo as Cabrakan, the God of Earthquakes Cheech Marin as Hura & Can, the Gods of Wind & Storms...
mythical ancestors to the Maya ruling lineages.[citation needed] After being invited to Xibalba by One-Death and Seven-Death, the Lords of the Underworld...
classification of codical gods, is a Postclassic Maya merchant deity as well as a patron of cacao. Ek Chuaj is part of a pantheon of Maya deities that have been...
were in attendance at one's death, and many more. Many of the things that the Maya did was a sign of respect for their gods; dress, architecture, etc....
The traditional Maya or Mayan religion of the extant Maya peoples of Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and the Tabasco, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, Campeche...
the Maya saw as integral to their continued existence. The Maya showed devotion to their gods by playing the game and by sacrifices. Scholars debate about...
perhaps in a ritual reenactment of the decapitation of the Maya maize god by the deathgods. In AD 738, the vassal king Kʼakʼ Tiliw Chan Yopaat of Quiriguá...
Milbrath, Susan (1999). Star Gods of the Maya: Astronomy in Art, Folklore, and Calendars. The Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies. Austin:...
Menschen in der Maya-Kunst. 1987. Landa, see Tozzer Milbrath, Star Gods of the Maya. Stuart and Stuart, Palenque, Eternal City of the Maya. Thames and Hudson...
with blood drawn on the spot as a sign of piety. Blood sacrifice to the Mayagods was vigorously opposed by the Spanish clergy as the most visible sign...
to be transformative shapes of human beings, the walking skeletons (MayaDeathGods) more particularly of the ah uaay xibalba transformers. At times, the...
Scribes held a prominent position in Maya courts and had their own patron deities (see Howler monkey gods and Maya maize god). They often came from aristocratic...
of death and lord of Mictlan, the afterlife. Xolotl is sometimes depicted carrying a torch in the surviving Maya codices, which reference the Maya tradition...
cultures, the thunder god is frequently known as the chief or King of the Gods, e.g. Indra in Hinduism, Zeus in Greek mythology, Zojz in Albanian mythology...
Maya codices (sg.: codex) are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper. The...
ISBN 0-8061-2295-1. Miller, Mary; Karl Taube (1993). The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0-500-05068-6. James...
following themes: Names for the underworld from the world's mythologies Gods, goddesses, and dwarfs associated with the underworld Heroes and other explorers...
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