Gods and Goddesses of the Mayans
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Gods and Goddesses of the Mayans
Gods and Goddesses of the Mayans
Ac Yanto | God of White Men. |
Acan | God of Wine. |
Acat | God of tattooers. |
Ah Bolom Tzacab | God of agriculture and the lord of the rain and thunder. Portrayed with a leaf in his nose. Also known as 'God K'. |
Ah Cancum | God of hunting. |
Ah Chun Caan | Teaching god of the city of Merida. |
Ah Chuy Kak | War god. |
Ah Ciliz | God of solar eclipses. |
Ah Cun Can | A war god known as the Serpent Charmer. |
Ah Cuxtal | God of birth. |
Ah Hulneb | War god. |
Ah Kin | Sun god and the controller of drought and disease. |
Ah Kumix Uinicob | Attendant water gods. |
Ah Mun | God of maize or corn. |
Ah Muzencab | Gods of bees. |
Ah Peku | God of thunder. |
Ah Puch | God of death and ruler of Mitnal, the lowest and most terrible of the nine hells. Portrayed as a man with an owl's head or as a skeleton or bloated corpse. Also known as 'God A'. |
Ah Tabai | A god of hunting. |
Ah Uincir Dz'acab | God of healing. |
Ah Uuc Ticab | Deity of the underworld. |
Ahau-Kin | Called the 'lord of the sun face'. The god of the sun, he possessed two forms - one for the day and one at night. During the day he was a man with some jaguar features, but between sunset and sunrise he became the Jaguar God, a lord of the underworld who travelled from west to east through the lower regions. |
Ahmakiq | God of agriculture who takes control of the wind when it threatens to destroy the crops. |
Ahulane | A war god, known as the Archer. |
Ajbit | One of thirteen deities who created human beings. |
Akhushtal | Goddess of childbirth. |
Alaghom Naom | Mother goddess of the Mayans. She is associated with the creation of the mind and of thought. |
Alom | God of the sky and one of seven deities responsible for the creation of the world. |
Bacabs | Giants who hold up the sky at the four cardinal points, they are: Cauac, Ix Kan and Mulac. |
Backlum Chaam | God of male sexuality. |
Balam | Mayan for 'jaguar', these deities are the protectors of individuals in their daily lives, and of the community from external menaces. |
Bitol | One of the seven Mayan creator deities. |
Bolontiku | A group of deities of the underworld. |
Buluc Chabtan | God of war. He was the deity to whom humans were sacrificed. Also known as 'God F'. |
Cabaguil | One of the deities who created the world. Known as the 'Heart of the Sky'. |
Cakulha | Deiety of the lesser lightning bolts. |
Camaxtli | God of Fate. |
Camazotz | Bat-god, he was ultimately defeated by humans. |
Caprakan | God of mountains and earthquakes. |
Cauac | One of the four Bacabs, he is associated with the South and the color Red. |
Chac | God of agriculture and rain. Later worshipped as one of the Bacabs, associated with the East. He is pictured with curling fangs, a long turned-up nose and tears streaming from his eyes. |
Chac Uayab Xoc | God of fish. He had a dual nature - he provided a good catch for fishermen, but also devoured their drowned comrades. |
Chamer | God of death, he was principally worshipped in Guatemala. |
Chaob | Gods of the wind, associated with the cardinal directions. |
Chibirias | Earth goddess. |
Chiccan | Rain gods associated with the four cardinal directions. They create rain from the lakes in which they live. |
Cit Bolon Tum | God of Medicine. |
Cizin | God of death. He burns the dead in the Mayan underworld. |
Colel Cab | Earth Goddess. |
Colop U Uichkin | Sky God. |
Coyopa | God of thunder. |
Cum Hau | Death god. |
Ekchuah | God of war, he was seen as firece and violent. He is also the god of merchants, and was often pictured carrying a bag of merchandise. Also known as 'God M'. |
Ghanan | God of agriculture. |
Gucumatz | Serpent god who brought civilization and agriculture to man. |
Hacha'kyum | The Lacandon Maya god of real people. People who were not Lacandon Maya were not considered to be real. |
Hun Came | Co-ruler of the Mayan Underworld. |
Hun Hunahpu | A fertility god, he was so fertile that after being beheaded, his severed head was placed on a barren gourd which immediately began to bear fruit. |
Hunab Ku | Supreme god and creator of the world. He was the chief deity of the Mayans. |
Hurakan | Ancient god of wind and storm. He brings the displeasure of the gods to humans in the form of winds, storms and floods. |
Itzamna | Founder of the Mayan culture and the state-god of the empire. He taught the people writing, heling and the use of the calendar. Also known as 'God D'. |
Itzananohk`u | God of Lacandon. |
Ix | One of the four Bacabs. He is associated with the West and the color black. |
Ix Chebel Yax | See Ixchel. |
Ixchel | Earth and moon goddess, she is the patron of weaving and pregnant women. Pictured with a smanke as a headband and a skirt embroidered with crossbones. |
Ixtab | Goddess of the noose and the gallows, she is the patron of those who died by suicide. She is pictured as a woman hanging from a tree by a noose, here eyes closed and her body partly decomposed. |
Ixzaluoh | Water goddess who invented weaving. |
Kan | One of the Bacabs, he is associated with the East and the color yellow. |
Kan-u-Uayeyab | Guardian of the cities. |
Kan-xib-yui | God who recreated the earth afte the Bacabs destroyed it. |
Kianto | The Lacandon god of foreigners and diseases. |
K'in | Sun god. |
Kinich Ahau | Sun god portrayed as a firebird or phoenix. Similar to the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. |
Kukulcan | Supreme god, the master of the four elements and the god of resurrection and reincarnation. He is pictured as a feathered serpent, very similar to the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl. |
Mulac | One of the Bacabs, he is associated with the North and the color white. |
Naum | God of the mind and thought. |
Nohochacyum | God of creation. |
Tlacolotl | God of evil. |
Tohil | Fire god. |
Tzakol | Sky god. |
Votan | God of the drum. |
Xaman Ek | God of the north star, he is the protector of merchants and travellers. Offerings were made to him on altars erected beside roads. |
Yaluk | The most powerful of the lightning gods. |
Yum Caax | God of maize and agriculture. He is the personification of male beauty. Also known as 'God E'. |
Zotz | Bat-god of caves, he is the patron of the Zotzil Indians of Mexico. |
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