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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 heroes interacting with these play the main roles.
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.
Different stories in Mayan mythology tell about the origins of the sun and the moon, about the creation of humans, about various Mayan heroes, and different aspects of nature. A lot of information about Mayan mythology was collected from fragmented hieroglyphs and depictions on mayan temple walls.
The Maya worshipped over 250 deities in their pantheon of gods. Who is the Mayan creation god? For the Quiche Maya of the south, thirteen gods were involved in creating human beings from maize while, to the Yucatec Maya of the north, it was only two. Who is the supreme god of the Mayans?
The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we’re still uncovering today — and some of which you can see in sculpture form when you visit the Mayan ruins near Tulum.
Maya mythology is part of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities and heroes interacting with them play the main roles. The myths of pre-Hispanic times must be reconstructed from the iconography.
In Mayan mythology, the gods and heroes had many different names and appearances, stories occurred in varying forms, and scenes and figures changed and shifted with confusing rapidity.
The Popol Vuh, or Popol Wuj in the K’iche’ language, is the story of creation of the Maya. Members of the royal K’iche’ lineages that had once ruled the highlands of Guatemala recorded the story in the 16th century to preserve it under the Spanish colonial rule.
Popol Vuh, Maya document, an invaluable source of knowledge of ancient Mayan mythology and culture. Written in K’iche’ (a Mayan language) by a Mayan author or authors between 1554 and 1558, it uses the Latin alphabet with Spanish orthography.
The pantheon of the ancient Maya comprised countless deities and supernatural beings believed to govern the universe and the fates of mortals.