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Origin unknown, it might derive from a place name Awilizapan, or it could stem from a Q'eqchi' Maya term meaning "swallow (bird)" [1]. This name was...
Derived from the Classic Maya term cháak, which signifies "rain". It was the designation given to the Maya deity associated with rain and storms.
Possibly means "one blowgunner", from Classic Maya jun "one" and puw "blowgun" (with the agentive prefix aj-) [1]. Hunahpu and his twin brother Xbalan...
From Classic Maya itzam, an element appearing in the names of certain Maya gods (possibly from itz "enchanted, nectar" and mam "grandfather"),...
Possibly means "rainbow lady", from Classic Maya ix "lady" and chel "rainbow". Ixchel was a Maya goddess linked to the earth, jaguars, medicine and...
Possibly means "powerful one" in Classic Maya. This was the Maya god of lightning, generations and corn, sometimes depicted with one leg in the form...
Means "hot, sunny" in Classic Maya [1], from k'in "sun". K'inich Ajaw (ajaw meaning "king, lord") was the Maya god of the sun. K'inich was commonly...
Means "feathered serpent", from Classic Maya k'uk' "quetzal, quetzal feather" and kaan "serpent, snake". This was the name of a snake god in Maya myth...
Variant of K'uk'ulkan.
Signifies "feathered serpent", from K'iche' Maya q'uq' "quetzal, quetzal feather" and kumatz "serpent, snake". This was the K'iche' counterpart of...
Possibly from Classic Maya tojol meaning "tribute". This was the name of a K'iche' Maya fire god.
Possibly from Classic Maya balam "jaguar" and k'in "sun" or kej "deer". In the Popol Vuh, the sacred book of the K'iche' Maya, Xbalanque and his twin...