- 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 Earth was conceived by the Maya as flat with four corners. Each corner represented a cardinal ...Read more
The Rain: Xib Chac
Xib Chac was the rain god according to the Mayan pantheon. The rain god was a benevolent deity, ...Read more
The Moon: Ix Chel
Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the old Moon goddess in Maya mythology. Mayan people lived ...Read more
Venus: Kukulcan
Maya astronomers had a remarkably accurate knowledge of the apparent motion of Venus. They ...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 mystic road along which souls walk into ...Read moreHistorical Events
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