by Linda McManus | Feb 22, 2014 | Mayan Religious beliefs, Uncategorized
The religion of the ancient Maya was polytheistic, its pantheon containing about a dozen major deities and a host of lesser ones. At its head stood Itzamna, the father of the gods and creator of mankind, the Mayan Zeus or Jupiter. He was the personification of the...
by Linda McManus | Feb 17, 2014 | Mayan Superstition and beliefs
Nearly all the monuments of Yucatan bear evidence that the Mayas had a predilection for number seven. Since we find that their artificial mounds were composed of seven superposed platforms; that the city of Uxmal contained seven of these mounds; that the north side of...
by Linda McManus | Feb 17, 2014 | Maya Language
Akuml means “place of the turtle” Alux, h’lox, or more fully h’loxkatob. The meaning is “the strong clay images.” Atole. Nahuan atolli, or atlaolli. Corn-meal gruel. Balám. Tiger or mountain-lion. The word was applied also to a...
by Linda McManus | Feb 15, 2014 | Mayan Artwork, Mayan Superstition and beliefs
The god Ekchuah The long nosed god (Kukulcan) or “god with the snake-like tongue.” The supposed god of death, from the Troano Codex The god with the banded face, from the Codex Troano The god with face crossed by lines The god with the old man’s face ...
by Linda McManus | Feb 15, 2014 | Mayan Cities, Mayan Culture, Mayan Ruins
An old but interesting read on the age of the ancient Maya ruins: ON THE AGE OF MAYA RUINS BY CHARLES P. BOWDITCH (From the American Anthropologist (N. S.), Vol. 3, October-December, 1901) NEW YORK G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS 1901 [697] ON THE AGE OF MAYA RUINS By...
