The bacabs are the canopic gods, thought to be brothers, who, with upraised arms, supported the multilayered sky from their assigned positions at the four cardinal points of the compass.
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Quatzequatel: Winged God ; Mayan god Thoth and Quetzacotal were the same person, Thoth was identified to Atlantis, Egypt, Sumer, then later was identified to Meso America and Peru as Quetzacoatal.
Cizin - Death god (an ancient god of violent sacrifice, such as decapitation)
Ancient Mayan Rain God Chac - Rain god ;rain & lightning
Hunab Ku - The supreme diety ; the creator god
Itzamma - Aged God; Priestly knowledge, divination, writing
Hun hunahpu - Maize God (one of the hero twins)
Ahau Chamahez - In Maya mythology, Ahau Chamahez was one of two gods of medicine.
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Ahmakiq - In Maya mythology, Ahmakiq is a god of agriculture. He locks up the wind when it threatens to destroy the crops.
Ancient Mayan God Akhushtal - In Maya mythology, Akhushtal is the goddess of childbirth.
Cama-zotz - Naturalists and Godologists believe him to be a leaf-nosed vampire bat.
Ancient Mayan God Chacmool - Mysterious laid-back God of Handouts.
Ixchel - Aged jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine, also known as Ix Chel; she is associated with the Moon (L) water, fertility and childbirth. The patron of healers and J-Men and Ix'Men as well as those that work in the sacred healing arts.
Ixtab - Goddess of Honorable Suicide (L). depicted as the "rope woman" for hanging was to the Maya an honorable way to die; she will take the brave soul to paradise, Ixtab is depicted in the Desdren Codex as a symbol of Lunar and Sun Eclipses.
K'awiil (God K) - a God of Lighting; he is characterized by a snake foot often seem on kings' scepters. The is also the Jaguar God of the underworld.
Moon Goddess in Ancient Maya- depicted as a woman sitting in the edged of a crescent moon holding a rabbit. In Maya mythology, the moon phases symbolize women's life cycles. She is associated with water, rainfall, rainy season and deep fresh cenote water (underworld version of the goddess).
Xbalanque - One of the mythological Mayan Hero Twins (PV) a ballplayer deity whose name means Jaguar Son or Hidden Sun.
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