Maya Mythology Archive
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The pantheon of gods of early South and Mesoamericans included many deities to whom people made offerings to regularly. One of them was
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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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Ancient Places
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
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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 - Chinese cultures see the bat as a good luck sign and the Europeans fear it as evil. In ancient Maya beliefs, Camazotz (Camoazotz) was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Known under a number of different names, Kukulkan, the Feathered Serpent was one of the most important gods in Mesoamerica. The Aztecs called him
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