Maya death gods
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The Maya death gods known by a variety of names, are two basic types of death gods who are respectively represented by the 16th-century Yucatec deities Hunhau and Uacmitun Ahau mentioned by Spanish Bi
God A way as a hunter, Classic period
God A in the lunar eclipse tables of the Dresden Codex
Maize God and Itzamná
Mictlāntēcutli
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Mictlāntēcutli or Mictlantecuhtli, in Aztec mythology, is a god of the dead and the king of Mictlan, the lowest and northernmost section of the underworld. He is one of the principal gods of the Aztec
Maya death gods
…that is also the world of the dead. As a ruler over the world of the dead (Metnal or Xibalba), the principal death god corresponds to the Aztec deity Mictlāntēcutli. The Popol Vuh has two leading death gods, but these two are really one: Both are called "Death," but while one is known as "One Death," the other is…
Mictlantecutli in the Codex Borgia.
Mictlantecuhtli (left), god of death, the lord of the underworld and Quetzalcoatl (right), god of wisdom, life, knowledge, morning star, patron of the winds and light, the lord of the West. Together they symbolize life and death.
Statuette of Mictlantecuhtli in the Xalapa Museum of Anthropology, Mexico, 2001