- MYTHOLOGY OF THE MAYAS
- The Earth: Bacabs
- The Rain: Xib Chac
- The Moon: Ix Chel
- Venus: Kukulcan
- The Planet Mars
- The Milky Way
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The Earth: Bacabs
The Maya believed the Earth was flat with four corners. Each corner was a direction shown by ...Read more
The Rain: Xib Chac
Xib Chac was the Mayan rain god. He was a fair god, and was shown by many colors. He was often ...Read more
The Moon: Ix Chel
Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the Moon goddess in Mayan mythology. The Mayans associated ...Read more
Venus: Kukulcan
The ancient Mayans used the doorways and windows of their buildings to look at things in space. ...Read more
The Planet Mars
Mayans were sophisticated observers of the sky. Mayans used their astronomical knowledge to ...Read more
The Milky Way
Mayans seem to have thought of the Milky Way as the road along which souls walk into the underworld. ...Read moreHistorical Events
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