| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Ixcozauhqui (yellow face in the house)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mex ico | God of fire. Associated with paternalism and one of the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
| God name "Ixquimilli-Itzlacoliuhqui (eye-bundle curved obsidian blade)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of justice. One of the group clåśśed as the TEZ CATLIPOCA complex.... |
| Goddess name "Ixtab" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Goddess. Tutelary goddess of suicide victims.... |
| God name "Izquitecatl" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Fertility god. One of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex personifying the maguey or agave plant from which a potent drink called pulque is brewed.... |
| God name "Kabrakan" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | earthquake god. The so-called destroyer of mountains usually coupled with the god ZIPAKNA who builds mountains.... |
| God name "Kai Yum (singing lord)" | Mayan / Lacandon / Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of music. He lives in the sky and is attendant on CACOCH, one of the aspects the Mayan creator god. Depicted as a brazier shaped like a pottery drum.... |
| God name "Kakupacat (fiery glance)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | war god. Said to bear a shield of fire with which he protects himself in battle.... |
| Supreme god name "Kuçúɱatz" | Mayan / Quiche Indian, Mesoamerican / Mexico | Supreme god. An androgynous being who created all things out of itself. Comparable with KUKULCAN.... |
| God name "Kukulcan" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. Kukulcan is, in origin, a Toltec god who was adopted by the Mayan culture and who corresponds closely with the Aztec deity QUETZALCOATL. He is chiefly concerned with reincarnation, but is also responsible for the elements of fire, earth and water. He is depicted with various attributes, including a torch or a lizard representing fire, maize for earth, and a fish for water. Also God B.... |
| Goddess name "Kundalini" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Mother goddess. The spirit of the earth perceived in human form and responsible for the provision of all food from the soil. The earth is considered to be sacred and should not be owned by any one person, but can be utilized for the benefit of the community as a whole. Kundalini is believed to have been the mother of all other vegetation deities.... |
| God name "Mam" | Mayan / Yucatec, Mesoamerican / Mexico | God of evil. A much-feared deity who lives beneath the earth and only emerges in times of crisis. Depicted in the form of a flat, life-sized piece of wood dressed as a scarecrow and set upon a stool. He is offered food and drink during Uayeb, the period of five unlucky days at the end of the year, after which the figure is undressed and unceremoniously thrown away. During Uayeb devotees fast and refer to the god as grandfather.... |
| God name "Manohel-Tohel" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Creator god. The deity concerned specifically with the creation of mankind, giving mortals body and soul and leading them from the caves into the light.... |
| Goddess name "Matlalcueye (her skirt is blue)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor fertility goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the TLALOC complex, closely åśśociated with water.... |
| Goddess name "Mayahuel" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor fertility goddess. One of the group clåśśed as the Ometochtli complex åśśociated with the maguey plant from which pulque is brewed. She may be depicted seated upon a tortoise beside an agave plant in bloom. According to legend she was abducted by QUETZALCOATL and subsequently dismembered by wild animals. From the fragments grew the first agave plants.... |
| God name "Meizabac (black powder maker)" | Mayan / Mesoamerican / Mexico | weather god. He sprinkles black dye on the clouds, which causes them to generate Rain. Believed to live on the edge of a lake. Also a fever god and a keeper of good souls. Also Metzabac.... |
| Goddess name "Metsaka" | Huichol Indian / Mesoamerican / Mexico | moon goddess. Known as grandmother moon, she is the consort of the fire god TATEVALI. She guards the Huichol against the god of death, TOKAKAMI.... |
| Deities name "Metztli" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor moon god. One of the group of deities belonging to the TEZCATLIPOCA complex.... |
| Deities name "Mexitli (maguey-hare)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Minor god of war. One of the group of deities belonging to the HUITZILPOCHTLI complex.... |
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