The Maya death gods (also Ah Puch, Ah Cimih, Ah Cizin, Hun Ahau, Kimi, or Yum Kimil) known by a variety of names, are two basic types of death gods who...

of the earth crust. Maya death gods "Religion-Mayan Gods Deities". www.maya-archaeology.org. Braswell, Geoffrey E. (2003). The Maya and Teotihuacan: Reinterpreting...

is the name of the underworld (in K'iche': Mitnal) in Maya mythology, ruled by the Maya death gods and their helpers. In 16th-century Verapaz, the entrance...

The pre-Columbian Maya religion knew various jaguar gods, in addition to jaguar demi-gods, (ancestral) protectors, and transformers. The main jaguar deities...

in Maya culture was the ritual offering of nourishment to the gods and goddesses. Blood was viewed as a potent source of nourishment for the Maya deities...

is a Maya god of death and earthquakes. He is the most important Maya death god in the Maya culture. Scholars call him God A. To the Yucatán Mayas he was...

Mayan or Maya mythology is part in of Mesoamerican mythology and comprises all of the Maya tales in which personified forces of nature, deities, and the...

certain deaths were more noble than others. The Maya were ritualistic people, who paid great respect to the destructive nature of their gods. They had...

Camazotz, bat god who resides in the underworld Cizin Ixtab Xtabay Maya death gods known under various names (Hunhau, Uacmitun Ahau, Ah Puch, Kisin, Yum...

ballcourt to be hung up as the ball to be used by the gods in their next ballgame. In Classic Maya iconography, the (leaf-nosed) bat, exhaling unhealthy...