Maya Mythology Archive
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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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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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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Mayan pantheon comprises many gods. All of them stand below the greatest and most powerful of them – Hunab Ku, who is the
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Civilizations
A. Sutherland - Ancient Pages. com - The Bacabs were important mythical figures in Mayan beliefs. They were believed to be the four Atlantean gods – the giants. Among
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Celtic Mythology
A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Most civilizations of Mesoamerica have an old belief in the power of the “ceiba” tree. Mixtec, Aztec, Maya, and other cultures consider this tree
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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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