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Maya Deities
This is a list of deities Playing It Straight, playing a role in the Classic (200–1000 CE), Post-Classic (1000–1539 CE) and Contact Period (1511–1697) of Maya religion. The names are mainly taken from the books of Chilam Balam, Lacandon people, Lacandon ethnography, the Madrid Codex (Maya), Madrid Codex, the work of Diego de Landa, and the Popol Vuh. Depending on the source, most names are either Yucatec language, Yucatec or Kʼicheʼ language, Kʼicheʼ. The Classic Period names (belonging to the Classic Maya language) are only rarely known with certainty. Maya mythological beings List Source keys *CHB – Books of Chilam Balam *LAC – Lacandon ethnography *L – de Landa *M — Madrid Codex *PV – the Popol Vuh. A Acan (god), Acan The god of wine and intoxication, identified with the drink Balché. Acat (deity), Acat The god of tattoos and tattooing. Alom (deity), Alom The god of the sky and wood, a creator deity. Ah-Muzen-Cab The god of bees and honey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playing It Straight
''Playing It Straight'' is an American reality television series broadcast by the Fox Broadcasting Company (Fox). The series premiered on March 12, 2004, although it was prematurely cancelled by the network following the broadcast of its third episode on March 26, 2004. Set at the Sizzling Saddle Ranch in Elko, Nevada, the series depicted fourteen men who attempted to pursue a romantic relationship with college student Jackie Thomas. However, this group of suitors was split between men who were either straight or gay. Through a series of group activities and one-on-one dates, Thomas was required to eliminate men from the competition who Gaydar, she believed identified as gay. If the final suitor was a straight man, he and Thomas split a reward of $1 million. Conversely, if the final suitor was a gay man, he alone won the reward. The series was hosted by American television presenter Daphne Brogdon. ''Playing It Straight'' was a part of Fox's intent to capitalize on a rising intere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaac
Chaac (also spelled Chac or, in Classic Maya language, Classic Mayan, Chaahk ) is the name of the Maya civilization, Maya god of rain, thunder, and lightning. With his lightning axe, Chaac strikes the clouds, causing them to produce thunder and rain. Chaac corresponds to Tlaloc among the Aztecs. Rain deities and rain makers Like other Maya gods, Chaac is both one and manifold. Four Chaacs are based in the cardinal directions and wear the directional colors. East, where the sunrise is, is red, North, mid-day zenith, is represented by white, West is represented by black for the sunset, and South is represented by yellow. There is a fifth color which is associated with the center point, and that is green. In 16th-century Yucatán, the directional Chaac of the east was called ''Chac Xib Chaac'' 'Red Man Chaac', only the colors being varied for the three other ones. Contemporary Yucatec Maya farmers distinguish many more aspects of the rainfall and the clouds and personify them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ixchel
Ixchel or Ix Chel is the 16th-century name of the aged jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine in ancient Maya culture. She corresponds to Toci, an Aztec earth goddess inhabiting the sweatbath. She is related to another Aztec goddess invoked at birth, '' viz.'' Cihuacoatl (or Ilamatecuhtli). In Taube's revised Schellhas-Zimmermann classification of codical deities, Ixchel corresponds to the Goddess O. Identification In the 1500s, Diego de Landa called Ixchel “the Goddess of making children”. He also mentioned her as the goddess of medicine, as shown by the following. In the month of Zip, the feast Ihcil Ixchel was celebrated by the physicians and shamans (''hechiceros''), and divination stones as well as medicine bundles containing little idols of "the Goddess of medicine whom they called Ixchel" were brought forward. In the Ritual of the Bacabs, Ixchel is once called "grandmother". In their combination, the goddess's two principal domains (birthing and healing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Itzamna
Itzamná () is, in Maya mythology, an upper god and creator deity thought to reside in the sky. Itzamná is one of the most important gods in the Classic and Postclassic Maya pantheon. Although little is known about him, scattered references are present in early-colonial Spanish reports (''relaciones'') and dictionaries. Twentieth-century Lacandon lore includes tales about a creator god ( Nohochakyum or Hachakyum) who may be a late successor to him. In the pre-Spanish period, Itzamná was often depicted in books and in ceramic scenes derived from them. Before the names of the Maya deities were deciphered, Itzamná was known, and is still sometimes referred to by archeologists, as "God D". Name J. Eric S. Thompson originally interpreted the name Itzamná as "lizard house", ''itzam'' being a Yucatecan word for iguana and ''na'' meaning "house". However, Thompson's translation has gradually been abandoned. While there is no consensus on the exact meaning of the name Itzamná, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can Tzicnal
Can may refer to: Language * A verb for ability * A verb for probability Containers * A container used for food preservation in canning ** Aluminum can ** Drink can ** Steel and tin cans * Trash can * Oil can * Petrol can Music * Can (band), West Germany, 1968 ** ''Can'' (album), 1979 * Can (South Korean band) Abbreviations *Canada, a country *Cantoris, side of a church or choir Other * Can (name), Turkish and Circassian given name and surname * Can (verb) * Canning of food * River Can, Essex, UK * Tomato can (sports idiom) See also * CAN (other) * Cann (other) * Cans (other) Cans may refer to: * the plural of ''can'' (see Can (other)) * a colloquial term for headphones that enclose the ears * a colloquial term for a breasts * the ISO 15924 code of the Canadian Aboriginal syllabics * the surname of: ** Joac ... * Kan (other) * Can-can (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camazotz
In the Late Post-Classic Maya mythology of the Popol Vuh, Camazotz ( from Mayan ) (alternate spellings Cama-Zotz, Sotz, Zotz) is a bat spirit at the service of the lords of the underworld. Camazotz means "death bat" in the Kʼicheʼ language. In Mesoamerica generally, the bat is often associated with night, death, and sacrifice. Etymology Camazotz is formed from the Kʼicheʼ language, Kʼicheʼ words ''kame'', meaning "death", and ''sotz, meaning "bat". Mythology In the ''Popol Vuh'', Camazotz are the bat-like spirits encountered by the Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque during their trials in the underworld of Xibalba. The twins had to spend the night in the House of Bats, where they squeezed themselves into their own blowguns in order to defend themselves from the circling bats. Hunahpu stuck his head out of his blowgun to see if the sun had risen and Camazotz immediately snatched off his head and carried it to the Mesoamerican ballcourt, ballcourt to be hung up as the ball ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cacoch (Deity)
This is a list of deities playing a role in the Classic (200–1000 CE), Post-Classic (1000–1539 CE) and Contact Period (1511–1697) of Maya religion. The names are mainly taken from the books of Chilam Balam, Lacandon ethnography, the Madrid Codex, the work of Diego de Landa, and the Popol Vuh. Depending on the source, most names are either Yucatec or Kʼicheʼ. The Classic Period names (belonging to the Classic Maya language) are only rarely known with certainty. Maya mythological beings List Source keys *CHB – Books of Chilam Balam *LAC – Lacandon ethnography *L – de Landa *M — Madrid Codex *PV – the Popol Vuh. A Acan The god of wine and intoxication, identified with the drink Balché. Acat The god of tattoos and tattooing. Alom The god of the sky and wood, a creator deity. Ah-Muzen-Cab The god of bees and honey. Awilix The goddess of the Moon and the night. B Bacab The old god of the interior of the earth and of thunder, sky-ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabrakan (Deity)
Cabrakan (also known as Caprakan, Cabracan, and Kab'raqan) was a Maya god of earthquakes and mountains. Cabrakan is a son of Vucub-Caquix and the brother of Zipacna. He serves as a minor character in the Popol Vuh, where the Maya Hero Twins defeat him. He has been called the Maya equivalent to Tepēyōllōtl. Appearance Both Cabrakan and his brother Zipacna are typically depicted as massive crocodiles or caimans. Family Ties Cabrakan is the son of the Seven Macaw, Vucub-Caquix (father) and Chimalmat (mother). His brother is Zipacna, who is called a demon and was known for raising mountains. Cabrakan is known for being arrogant and violent, like his relatives. As Zipacna would raise mountains, which would destroy the land, Cabrakan would destroy them, and they both would revel in the destruction. Popol Vuh Appearance The Hero Twins Xbalanque and Hunahphu stumbled upon him wrecking mountains, and told him of a great mountain in the East that was so big it could not be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buluc Chabtan (Deity)
This is a list of deities playing a role in the Classic (200–1000 CE), Post-Classic (1000–1539 CE) and Contact Period (1511–1697) of Maya religion. The names are mainly taken from the books of Chilam Balam, Lacandon ethnography, the Madrid Codex, the work of Diego de Landa, and the Popol Vuh. Depending on the source, most names are either Yucatec or Kʼicheʼ. The Classic Period names (belonging to the Classic Maya language) are only rarely known with certainty. Maya mythological beings List Source keys *CHB – Books of Chilam Balam *LAC – Lacandon ethnography *L – de Landa *M — Madrid Codex *PV – the Popol Vuh. A Acan The god of wine and intoxication, identified with the drink Balché. Acat The god of tattoos and tattooing. Alom The god of the sky and wood, a creator deity. Ah-Muzen-Cab The god of bees and honey. Awilix The goddess of the Moon and the night. B Bacab The old god of the interior of the earth and of thunder, sky-carrier, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilam Balam
The Books of Chilam Balam () are handwritten, chiefly 17th and 18th-centuries Maya miscellanies, named after the small Yucatec towns where they were originally kept, and preserving important traditional knowledge in which indigenous Maya and early Spanish traditions have coalesced. They compile knowledge on history, prophecy, religion, ritual, literature, the calendar, astronomy, and medicine. Written in the Yucatec Maya language and using the Latin alphabet, the manuscripts are attributed to a legendary author called Chilam Balam, a ''chilam'' being a priest who gives prophecies and ''balam'' a common surname meaning ʼjaguarʼ. ''Chilam'' Balam was notable for correctly predicting the coming of the Spaniards to Yucatán. Nine Books of Chilam Balam are known, most importantly those from Chumayel, Maní, and Tizimín, but more have existed. Both language and content show that parts of the books date back to the time of the Spanish conquest of the Yucatec kingdoms (1527–15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolon Yokteʼ
Bolon may refer to: * Bolon, name of several gods in Mayan mythology * Bolon (eyewear brand), a Chinese eyewear brand * Bolon (flooring company), a flooring company in Sweden * Bolon of Macedon (''fl.'' 330 BC) soldier who gave a speech against Philotas, son of one of Alexander's generals * Lake Bolon, in Russia's Khabarovsk Krai * Bolon, ethnic group in Mali * Bolon language, White Bolon and Black Bolon dialects, of the ethnic group in Mali * Bolon (musical instrument), kind of harp found in Mali * Comté de Bolon, old name for Boulon, Calvados, France Surname and given name The surname Bolon is relatively common in France. Also: * Andrew Bolon (c. 1826–1855), Indian agent whose murder triggered the Plateau Indian War * Linda Bolon (born 1948), member of the Ohio House of Representatives * Bolon B. Turner (1897–1987), Judge of the United States Tax Court See also * Bolón (other): ** :es:Bolón (Yucatán), in Umán Municipality, Mexico ** :es:Monte Bolón or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
