Mexican archæology : $b an introduction to the archæology of the Mexican and Mayan civilizations of pre-Spanish AmericaJoyce, Thomas Athol
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Mexican archæology : $b an introduction to the archæology of the Mexican and Mayan civilizations of pre-Spanish America
Joyce, Thomas Athol
Mayas -- Antiquities; Mexico -- Antiquities
Citchac Coh, and Ahulneb, while the Tzental war-god was called Chinax.
Hunpiktok, who had a temple at Itzamal, is identified with Tihax of
the Quiché and Kakchiquel, the god of the stone knife, and both were
probably sacrificial-deities also. One of these war-gods may be the
God F of the manuscripts, who appears to bear a certain relation to
the death-god and to sacrifice, and whose face-paint is not unlike
that of the Aztec Xipe (Fig. 46, _f_). Like the Mexicans the Maya
possessed a god of travellers and traders, Ekchuah, who corresponds to
the Mexican Yacatecutli, though he does not seem to have been honoured
with so elaborate a cult. Gods of medicine (closely allied with magic)
were Itzamna, Citbolontum, Ahau Chamahez and a sun-god, Kinich Ahau,
husband of Ixazalvoh. Kukulkan, according to one account, was the god
of fevers, and with these deities was associated Ixchel, the goddess
of childbirth, wife of Itzamna, whose image was placed under the bed
of prospective mothers in order to secure an easy delivery. There was
also a goddess Zuhuykak, said to be a deified mortal, who was the
special protectress of children. The Quiché venerated a number of
disease-gods, connected with whom were the two deities Xpiyakok and
Xmukane, counterparts of the Mexican Oxomoco and Cipactonal, who, like
the latter, were supposed to have assisted in the creation and were
regarded as the prototypes of all magicians.
[Illustration: FIG. 46.--Maya gods with their
name-glyphs.
A. The Moan bird.
B. The wind-god (God K).
C. Unknown goddess.
D. The maize-god (God E).
E. The rain- and thunder-god (God B).
F. The war-god (God F).
(_Dresden MS._)]
[Illustration: FIG. 47.--Maya gods with their
name-glyphs.
A. A water-goddess (Goddess I).
B. The sun-god (God G).
C. The god of the north star (God C).
D. The sky-god (God D).
E. The death-god (God A).
F. The goddess of suicides.
(_Dresden MS._)]
[Illustration: FIG. 48.--The serpent-bird, from a
carved wooden panel at Tikal.
(_After Maudslay_)]
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