Maya Mythology Archive
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Domestication of wheat in Mesopotamia and rice in India and China laid the foundation for the Neolithic revolution in Europe and Asia. Centeotl
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The pantheon of early South and Mesoamerican gods included many deities to whom people regularly made offerings. One of them was Yum Kaax
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The ancient Maya believed that the underworld – Xibalba - was a ‘place of fear’. In some ancient accounts, it is a domain of
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the mythology of Maya peoples from the Yucatán Peninsula and Guatemala, there are tales of curious creatures called aluxes. They are believed to
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David Tee - AncientPages.com - Deep in the heart of the Guatemalan jungle lies a little forgotten city. It is called today El Mirador, and in its heyday, it could
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In the Mayan supernatural world, we meet many gods with very specific attributes and special functions assigned to the gods. Then Maya gods
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - In ancient Maya beliefs, Camazotz (Camoazotz) was a vampire bat god. Camazotz means "death bat" in the Quiché Maya language. Chinese cultures see the
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Known under several different names, Kukulkan (also Kukulcan), the Feathered Serpent, was one of the most important gods in Mesoamerica. Left: Ballcourt marker from
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