Who Were The Ancient Maya Bat People?
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Studies of ancient Maya codices, along with investigations of their glyphs and other important archaeological findings, reveal that the Maya developed a special relationship with bats. The ancient Maya did not fear bats.
On the contrary, all evidence to date indicates that bats played a significant role in Maya religion and political organizations.
Among the people of this Mesoamerican civilization, three separate groups worshipped a bat deity. Two of these groups were so-called ancient Maya bat clans.
"Two species of bats native to the lowlands were of importance to the Maya: left-nosed bats of the family of Phyllostomatide and the vampire bat, Desmodus rufus." 1
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