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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:07:15 GMT -5
Ah Cancum
Hunting god. Mayan (classical Mesoamerican)[Mexico]. One of a number of deities in Mayan religon identified w/ the hunt and the protection of animals. Also Acanum.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:08:30 GMT -5
Ah Uuc Ticab
Chthonic god. Mayan[Mexico]. Minor fertility and vegetation deity.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:09:12 GMT -5
Ah Uincir Dz'acab
God of healing Mayan[eastern Guatemala] . The patron of herbalists and concerned w/ the preparation of remedies, he is depicted as having male and female identies, each concerned w/ the healing of their respective sexes. Also Ah Uincir Kopot.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:09:52 GMT -5
Ah Tabai
Hunting god. Mayan[Mexico]. One of a number of deities in Mayan religion identified w/ the hunt and the protection of animals.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:10:24 GMT -5
Ah Peku
Thunder god. Mayan[Mexico]. He lives on the tops of hills and climbs into the clouds before it rains.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:11:21 GMT -5
Ah Patnar Uinicob(owners of the jars men)
Attendant water gods. Mayan[Mexico]. Four huge deities who pour water on to the earth from jars. The end of the dry season is marked on May 3, completing an eight day rain ceremony.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:12:11 GMT -5
Ah Muzencab
Bee gods. Mayan[Mexico]. The patron deities of apiarists still invoked in parts of the Yucatan. They are thought to be represented inconographically on the tops and bottoms of stone columns at the site of Chichen Itza as aged men w/ long beards and upraised arms. They wear lion cloths w/ distinctive cross-hatching.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:12:58 GMT -5
Ah Mun
Corn god. Mayan[Mexico]. The deity responsible for protecting the unripe corn.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:13:34 GMT -5
Ah Kumix Uinicob
Attendant water gods. Mayan[Mexico]. The four diminutive deities that take over from the giant Ah Patnar Uinicob deities during the dry season.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:14:12 GMT -5
Ah Kin Xoc
God of poetry. Mayan [Mexico]. Regarded as a great singer adn musician since most Mayan poetry is sung or chanted. He may appear as a hummingbird and is considered by some authorities to be an avatara of the sun god. Also Ah Kin Xocbiltun; P'izlimtec.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:14:48 GMT -5
Ah Kin (he of the sun)
Sun god. Mayan[Mexico]. A deity of ambivalent personality, the young suitor of the moon goddess Acna, also the aged sun god in the sky. He is feared as the bringer of drought, but also protects mankind from the powers of evil associated w/ darkeness. Said to be carried through the underworld at night on the shoulders of the god Sucunyum. Ah Kin is prayed to at sunrise and rituals include the burning of incense. He is invoked to cure illness and to bring wives to bachelors. Attributes include a square third eye subtended by a loop, a strong Roman nose, a squint and incisor teeth feiled to a T-shape. Also Acan Chob; Chi Chac Chob; Kinich Ahau; God G.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:15:28 GMT -5
Ah Cuxtal (come to life)
God of birth. Mayan (Lacandon, classical Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. Responsible for the safe delivery of women.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:16:08 GMT -5
Ah Ciliz
God of solar eclipses. Mayan (classical Mesoamerican) [Mexico}. He is said to eat the sun during and eclipse, but at other times attends upon the sun god, serving him meals.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:17:54 GMT -5
Ah Hunlneb (he of the spear thrower)
God of war. Mayan (classical Mesoamerican) [Mexico]. The local guardian deity of the city of Cozumel.
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Post by Shaman on Aug 16, 2007 3:18:27 GMT -5
Ah Cun Caan (he of the base of the sky)
Local god. Mayan (Yucatec, classical Mesoamerican)[Mexico}. The tutelary deity of the city of Merida. Mentioned in the Vienna Dictionary.
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