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This is a list of deities playing a role in the Classic (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 ethnography, the Madrid Codex, the work of Diego de Landa, and the Popol Vuh.
Xibalba (Mayan pronunciation: [ʃiɓalˈɓa]), roughly translated as "place of fright", [1] 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 entrance to Xibalba was traditionally held to be a cave in the vicinity of Cobán, Guatemala. [2]
The oldest surviving written account of Popol Vuh (ms c. 1701 by Francisco Ximénez, O.P.). Popol Vuh (also Popul Vuh or Pop Vuj) [1] [2] is a text recounting the mythology and history of the Kʼicheʼ people of Guatemala, one of the Maya peoples who also inhabit the Mexican states of Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan and Quintana Roo, as well as areas of Belize, Honduras and El Salvador.
Tohil (IPA:, also spelled Tojil) is the Maya god of fire. He is a deity of the Kʼicheʼ Maya in the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. At the time of the Spanish Conquest, Tohil was the patron god of the Kʼicheʼ. [1] He was included in the Tolteca pantheon that was influenced in the highlands Maya culture in the Postclassic Period.
A Kʼicheʼ speaker. Kʼicheʼ ([kʼiˈtʃʰeʔ], also known as Qatzijobʼal lit. ' our language ' among its speakers), or Quiché (/ k iː ˈ tʃ eɪ / kee-CHAY [2]), is a Mayan language spoken by the Kʼicheʼ people of the central highlands in Guatemala and Mexico.
The finding of the name also allows experts to confirm that, of the 14 city-state rulers identified at Cobá so far, it was common to adopt the name of the Maya god of lightning, K’awiil.
K'iche' documents, such as the Título Xecul, detail his immense wealth, stating that he wore quetzal feathers, rare gems, and abundant jewelry. [22] Some scholars doubt the existence of Tecun Uman as a historical figure, citing stories of the leader flying as a quetzal or an eagle in K'iche' stories. [22] Other scholars claim that, instead ...
It is well documented that Nahuan influence in the Kʼicheʼ language already occurs in this period, and the names of the "forefathers" are better understandable as coming from Chontal and Nahuatl than from Kʼicheʼ. [1] The Kʼicheʼ forefathers brought with them their tribal Gods: the Patron God of the Kʼicheʼ tribe was the sky god Tohil.