Itzamna
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Itzamná is, in Maya mythology, an upper god and creator deity thought to reside in the sky. Itzamná is one of the most important gods in the Classic and Postclassic Maya pantheon. Although little is k
Itzamna seated in a Classic Period polychrome ceramic (Kerr 504)
A Classic Period glyph with a representation of Itzamná with the body of a bird, found in the Plaza of the Dead Sun in Toniná and now in the site museum.
Itzamna as terrestrial crocodile Itzam Cab Ain, Dresden Codex.
Principal Bird Deity and worshipper, Classic period, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Kinich Ahau
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K'inich Ahau is the 16th-century Yucatec name of the Maya sun god, also referred to as God G when referring to the codices. In the Classic period, God G is depicted as a middle-aged man with an aquili
Itzamna
…reading still awaits confirmation. The early colonial sources variously connect, and sometimes identify, Itzamná with Hunab Ku (an invisible high god), Kinich Ahau (the sun deity), and Yaxcocahmut (a bird of omen). The most reliable source on Itzamná, Diego de Landa, mentions him several times in the framework of…
K'inich Ahau as a ruler, found on a Classic Period ceramic. K'in glyphic infixes can be seen on his shins and upper arms.
Head of K'inich Ahau rendered in stucco. Artwork located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The k'in glyph is infixed in the god's forehead.
Maya Moon Goddess holding the lunar rabbit.