Category: Mayan Mythology

The calendar system of the classic Maya, the most elaborate calendar system of medieval Central America, has recently become a fixture in the New Age…

Hurakán (Huracán) (the one-legged) In Mayan mythology, a creator god. In the beginning, according to the Popol Vuh, sacred book of the ancient Quiché Maya…

Hunahpú and Xbalanqúe are in Mayan mythology, the twin hero gods in the Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the ancient Quiché Maya of Guatemala.…

Zipacna (Mountain Mover) Son of the giant stone man Vukub-Cakix from the Quiché myths recorded in the PoPol Vuh. The family had amazing powers that…

Ix Tab : Lady of the Rope According to ancient Mayan cosmology, among those who go straight to Paradise after death are warriors killed in…

Kukulcan is the Mayan plumed or feathered serpent. Is he the same spirit as Quetzalcoatl? That’s subject to debate. • Kukulcan may be the Mayan…

Camazotz: Snatch Bat; Death Bat Long before Dracula, there was Camazotz, spirit of death in the form of a bat. Camazotz is the servant of…

Xtabay, Mayan jungle goddess, is the subject of many legends told throughout the Mayan and Mayan-influenced world, most of them horror stories. Xtabay lives near…

Maximon : The Old Man; The Uncle Christian missionaries who came to Guatemala to convert the local people encountered the primordial Mayan deity Maam. Attempts…

Gagavitz (hill of fire) In the mythology of the Cakchiquels, a branch of the Mayan Indians, progenitor and culture hero. The myths of Gagavitz are…