When a battle was coming they did it constantly, they said that all this gives them protection, blessing and power. They always made sure to idolize a lot through dances, cults, and even sacrifices. The powerful sun god was very important to the Mayans. Kinich Ahau god of the sun, but this did not represent the physical sun as it is known today, it was something more spiritual. Its most popular aspect is of an old man, however, because it is an omnipresent deity, it was believed that it could take different forms, being able to become a bird or a crocodile. To the Mayans, he is the father of all since they recognized him as the only living and true God, considered the god of creation because thanks to him the universe all living beings were made.Īmong the Mayas, Itzamná is the God of Wisdom, the inventor of the sciences and the knowledge. The Mayan gods were conceived as material powers or energies, but so subtle that they are invisible and intangible, they can be revealed through a gust of wind are manifested through beings and natural forces, like stars or water in some animals such as cats, birds, reptiles and in vegetable vegetables like corn. For the Mayas, the gods were sacred and the most valuable gift that could offer was the own blood, either by means of the self-sacrifice or offering the life of other human beings. Mayans live because of its gods, they believed in them and performed all kinds of rituals to keep their gods alive. Today we are going to talk about the main Mayan gods and some extra things that you don’t know about Mayans! But Mayans were more than pretty buildings, they have a lot of history and culture behind all those archeological places. All of us know Mayan people because of its magnificent buildings and ancient Mayan vestiges in the south of Mexico and the neighboring countries like.

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