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The head of the tonsured maize god serves to denote the number 1, that of the foliated maize god the number 8. [17] The tonsured maize god is sometimes found associated with the lunar crescent and may therefore have played a role in the divisions of the lunar count; his head seems to occur in glyph C of the Lunar Series (see also Maya moon ...
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.
Although the identification of Hun Hunahpu with the Classic Maya Maize Deity has become popular, objections remain. Thus, the hieroglyphic name of the Tonsured Maize God is different from the portrait glyph of (Hun-)Hunahpu, and the tree with the suspended trophy head is a personified cacao tree instead of a calabash tree.
Kʼawiil, in the Post-Classic codices corresponding to God K, is a Maya deity identified with power, creation, and lightning. [1] He is characterized by a zoomorphic head, with large eyes, long, upturned snout and attenuated serpent foot. [ 2 ]
Some scholars consider him the Classic form of the Hero Twins' father, the failed hero Hun-Hunahpu, and accordingly view the maize god's head attached to a cacao tree as the severed head of Hun-Hunahpu suspended in a calabash tree. [30] However, there is also a tendency to treat the Tonsured Maize God as an agent in his own right.
The combination of maize god and moon goddess symbolism may have been a deliberate message that the ruler was capable of both masculine and feminine roles. [ 10 ] For example, on Stela 24, she is described as ub'aah (short for ub'aahila'n ) ti yax k'uh, "she is portrayed as the first god," meaning she was seen as literally serving as a vessel ...
Yum Kaax (Mayan pronunciation: [jum kʼaːʃ], "Lord of the forest"), also known as Yumká [1] is a Yukatek Maya name for the god of the wild vegetation and guardian of its animals. In the past, this god has wrongly been described as an agricultural deity or even as the Maya maize god (god E of the codices), [ 2 ] which has become a popular and ...
For example, there often seems to be maize in his headdress. Another striking trait is the black line passing down his eyebrow, through his cheek and finishing at the bottom of his jaw line. These face markings are similarly and frequently used in the late post-classic depictions of the 'foliated' Maya maize god.