Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Monster name "Camazotz" | Mayan | The cult of Camazotz worshipped an anthropomorphic monster with the body of a human, head of a bat. The bat was åśśociated with night, death, and sacrifice. Mayan |
"Camulatz" | Mayan | A bird that ate the heads of the first men. Mayan |
God name "Candarosana" | Buddhist / Mahayana | God. A form of the god AKSOBHYA. Color: yellow. Attributes: noose, skin and sword.... |
Goddess name "Candesvari" | Buddhist / Mayhayana | A minor goddess that stands upon a corpse |
Goddess name "Candesvari (fierce lady)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Minor goddess. She stands upon a corpse. Color: yellow. Attributes: gråśś and an antelope.... |
Goddess name "Carcika (repetitive chant)" | Buddhist / Mahayana | Goddess. Color: red. Attributes: cup and knife.... |
Deity name "Cay" | Mayan | A water deity. Mayan |
God name "Chaac" | Mayan | God of Rain and Thunder. Mayan |
God name "Chac" | Mayan | Gods of lightning, Rain, thunder, wind and fertility. Mayan |
God name "Chac" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Rain god(s). Not part of the hierarchy of Mayan gods, but worshiped with great devotion at local level. Originally there was a god, Chaac, who was of huge size and who taught mankind Agriculture. He was regarded as the god of thunder, lightning, Rain and bread, and of milpas (smallholdings) and their produce. Also God B.... |
God name "Chac Uayab Xoc" | Mayan | A fish god and the patron deity of fishermen. He blessed their catches, yet also ate them if they drowned. Mayan |
Demon name "Chac Uayab Xoc" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Fish god. Known as the great demon shark, he feeds on the bodies of drowned fishermen, but also provides catches.... |
God name "Chac Xib Chac" | Mayan | God of sacrifice and war. Mayan |
God name "Chamer" | Mayan | A god of death, particularly popular in Guatemala. He was married to Ixtab. Mayan |
God name "Chamer" | Mayan / Chorti, Mesoamerican / eastern Guatemala | God of death. Appears as a skeleton dressed in white. His consort is Xtabai. Attributes include a scythe with a bone blade, probably copied from the traditions of Christian immigrants.... |
God name "Chaob" | Mayan | The four wind gods. Mayan |
God name "Chaob" | Mayan | wind[s] god[s] Mayan / Lacandon |
God name "Chaob (carrying off)" | Mayan / Lacandon, Mesoamerican / Mexico | wind god(s). They live in the four cardinal directions and, according to tradition, will bring about the end of the current world with earthquakes and tempests when the last of the Lacandon people dies. They will blow so hard that they blast the monkeys out of the trees. The names of two are identified, Hunaunic in the east and Chikinkuh in the West.... |