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Title: Mayan Gods


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Mayan Gods
  • Brittany S.

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Info..
  • The Mayans believed in over 190 Gods and
    Goddesses. Also the Mayans believed in Dualism.
    Which means that the Mayan Gods were part man and
    part animal.  For example the wind god, Kukulcan
    was part human and part reptile. 
  • They also thought that the Milky Way was the
    mystic road to walk to get to the underworld and
    this was important to them.

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Info..
  • The Mayans believed that the giving of blood was
    the most effective way to worship their gods.
  • The king would pierce his penis with a sting ray
    tail, then would put a rope through the hole to
    release more blood.
  • The queen would put a rope of thorns in her
    tongue. The blood of royalty would be on strips
    of paper or bark, and then burnt.

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Principle gods of Mayan Religion
  • Chac the rain god  
  • Kinich Ahuau (Ah Xoc Kin) he sun god
  • The maize god, Yumil Kaax
  • Yum Cimil (Ah Puch) was the death god, or god of
    the underworld  
  • Ixtab the suicide goddess  
  • Kukulcan the wind god

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Sun God
  • Kinich Ahuau

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Rain God
  • Chac

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Maize God
  • Yun Kaax

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Death God
  •   Ah Puch

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Suicide God
  • Ixtab

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Lead God
  • ITZAMNÁ

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Websites
  • Pictures
  • http//linc.ca.campusgrid.net/home/Curriculum_Proj
    ects/02_Foothill_Cohort/tsayer/MayanGodsindex.htm
  • http//www.spanishome.com/mayas/gods.htm
  • Info
  • www.putnam.k12.il.us/Mayan.htm
  • http//linc.ca.campusgrid.net/home/Curriculum_Proj
    ects/02_Foothill_Cohort/tsayer/MayanGodsindex.htm 
  • www.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/tan/projects/mayan
    /relegion.html
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