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Do not delete! Merged with Ah Puch into new article on Maya Death Gods (including the Death Gods of the Popol Vuh and Kisin/Cizin). 94.212.212.36 (talk) 16:39, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

death gods in Maya literature

I removed this section since it contained learned notes out of place in an encyclopedic article and added nothing to the picture of the Maya death gods.77.162.130.139 (talk) 22:20, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Santa Muerte

Any relationship to Santa Muerte? AThousandYoung (talk) 01:37, 14 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

God A way as a hunter, Classic period

Why is this god named "A way" below the image? (and also in the death gods article) Or if 'way' isn't part of it's name, then why is it there? If I look at the "wayob" article, I find that 'way' means something like 'to sleep', and that 'wayob' is a plural form of that. And this plural form 'wayob' has the additional meaning of 'nagual', which has the meaning of 'therianthrope'. Can anybody explain? Is 'way' an epithet, or is it a mistake? Zaluzar (talk) 13:58, 3 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ah Puch

Ah Cimih , also known as Kizin ("Stinky"), Yum-Kimil , Hun Ahau , the Maya mythology is the god and king of Mtnal , the underworld . Described as a skeleton or corpse with a face of jaguar (or owl) adorned with bells;

It is up to fourth place, in the order of their representation, the god of death, which appears 88 times in the three manuscripts. Its head a skull, showing the bare ribs and projections of the spine; if your body is covered with flesh, it looks puffy and covered with black circles suggesting decomposition.

Essential accessories dress god of death are the ornaments in the form of bells. These sometimes appear tied to his hair or belts that encircle the forearms and legs, but more often they are apprehended a necklace shaped ruff. These bells of all sizes, made of copper and sometimes gold, were found in large quantities during dredging the Well of the sacrifices of Chichén Itzá , it is assumed that in the place where they had been thrown to the immolated victims.

Ah Puch, the antithesis of Itzamna , is him two hieroglyphics of his name, and, thereafter, the only deity is distinguished in this way. The first represents the head of a corpse with eyes closed in death, the second head of the god himself, with the truncated nose, fleshless jaws and prefixed with a flint knife for sacrifice. A question that is often associated with the god of death is something like our percentage sign%. The god of death was the patron deity of the day Cimi, which means death in Maya.

In the case of Ah Puch, we are facing a deity class, as evidenced by the frequency of its representations in the codices . As head of demons, Hunhau ruled the lowest of the nine underground worlds of the Maya, and still believe that the modern Maya in the shape of Yum Cimil, the Lord of Death, wanders around the room sick in stalking his prey.

Ah Puch is a malevolent deity. His figure is often associated with the god of war and human sacrifice, and his constant companions are the dog, the moan bird and owl, regarded as ominous creatures and death. Sometimes it is called the Lord of the ninth hell or the destroyer of worlds . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.155.64.183 (talk) 20:57, 12 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]