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2. Itzamna - Wikipedia

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   Itzamna as shown in the classic period. 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 panth

3. List of Maya gods and supernatural beings - Wikipedia

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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.

4. Maya mythology - Wikipedia

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   Maya mythology or Mayan mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the heroes interacting with these play the main roles. The legends of the era have to be reconstructed from iconography. Other parts of Mayan oral tradition (such as animal tales, folk tales ...

5. Ixchel - Wikipedia

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   In the 1500s, Diego de Landa called Ixchel “the Goddess of making children”. [2] He also mentioned her as the goddess of medicine, as shown by the following. In the month of Zip, the feast Ihcil Ixchel was celebrated by the physicians and shamans (hechiceros), and divination stones as well as medicine bundles containing little idols of "the Goddess of medicine whom they called Ixchel" were ...

6. Maya religion - Wikipedia

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   gods of the weather and the crops, particularly the rain god (Chaac, God B), the lightning god (Bolon Dzacab, God K), the aged deities of the underground, terrestrial water, and thunder (Bacabs, God N), the Maya maize god (God E), and a related young deity of foodstuffs and flowers (God H);

7. Archaeologists Found a Mysterious Ancient Stone That Could ...

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   Cobá took its place in Maya culture no earlier than 100 B.C., and enjoyed a continuous life as a city until about 1,200 A.D. Known as the “city of chopped water,” the site may have had up to ...

8. Chaac - Wikipedia

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   Chaac (also spelled Chac or, in Classic Mayan, Chaahk) is the name of the Maya god of rain, thunder, and lightning. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds, causing them to produce thunder and rain. Chaac corresponds to Tlaloc among the Aztecs.

9. Who were the victims of Maya sacrifice? Ancient DNA reveals ...

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   Boys were younger than 6 when they were sacrificed. The team behind the new study was able to extract and sequence ancient DNA from 64 out of around 100 individuals, whose remains were found ...