The gods and goddesses of the ancient Maya
This new section of the Maya archaeology web site introduces the gods and goddesses of the ancient Maya using their actual portraits by Maya artists of the 4th-9th centuries A.D.
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Jaguar God of the Underworld,
the Night Sun, one of the major characters of the Maya pantheon.For more information on
this deity, and the rest of the pantheon, we recommend looking
among the 727 illustrations of deities and cosmological locations
in Nicholas Hellmuth's colorful book, Monster and Men in Maya
Art, bi-lingual (German-English), ADEVA, Graz, Austria. |
Lid
handle of a giant Quiche urn, Highland Guatemala. Photographed in
the Museo Popol Vuh,
Universidad Francisco Marroquin. |
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photos copyright. All photos are watermarked for protection. |
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Rollout
of 5th century Tiquisate
deity, Curly Face, Escuintla, Guatemala
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