Mayan Myth

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1. Priests dressed often in Jaguar skins. The Jaguar was the deity of the darkness, which ruled the underworld called _______? Xilbalba Hunanaphu Mexi Xblanque

2. Who was the creator-god of the Mayans, often portrayed as an old,wrinkled, and toothless man? Ixchel Itzamna Kinicha Chac

3. Who was the agricultural god, often portrayed as the weeping-warrior? Chac Itzamna Kinich Ixchel

4. What animal represented Time, and stood for the Katun 7200 days? crow jaguar eagle turtle

5. Which god was often depicted as drunk, yet held the 4 corners of heaven up and controlled the weather? Kinich Puahtun Itzamna Hunahpu

6. He was the Sun-god, the Lord of the Face of the Sun. In the day he was seen as a large nose, but in the evening transformed into the Jaguar-god. Who might he be? Tohil Ah puch Ah ouch Kinich ahau

7. The god of death visited the sick and dying as a walking skeleton. Who was he? Tohil Hunahpu Kinich ahau Ah puch

8. He was the original sun-god, and destroyed the previous Universe. Visiting us now as a vulture, he supposedly has 2 sons: Earthquake and Earth reaper. Who is he? Ah puch Hun batz Tohil Vucub caqix

9. Xbalanque miraculously was able to fix the decapitated head of his twin-brother________, and survived the trials of death; later they were transformed into the Sun and Moon. Ah puch Hunahpu Hun bah Tohil

10. Who was the sun-god of the First-Age, according to Maya legend, uniting with Flood to destroy all life? Answer: (One Word)