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Subject: 777 - Mayan Dieties

                 From Sekhet Bast Ra Lodge

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                            777
                         Column XXV
                       Mayan Deities


Key Scale  -  Mayan Deities  -  Explanation

 0  -  Itzam Na  -  This deity encompasses all deities yet this
                  Deity is beyond all comprehension.

 1  -  Itzam Na  -  "one" or "unique"  He is the greatest of
                    the Gods.
       Hunab Ku  -  "All powerful God of no Image"  I listed
                    this deity although information shows
                    this deity did not exist until after the
                    Spanish Conquest.  It probabily came
                    about due to christian influence.

  2  -  Ohoroxtotil  -  Father of the Sun.
        Ben Ich      -  "He of the Starry Sky"  He is a
                        great infinite Jaguar (his spots are
                        thought to be stars and planets).

  3  -  Ix Chebel Yax  -  Mother of the Sun.
        Ix Hun Zipit   -  Lady of the Sea.

  4  -  Kunku Chacs  -  'Kun' means "kindly" or "tender"
                        'Ku' means "God".

  5  -  Ah Hadz'en Caan Chacs  -  "Lash" The Sky God.

  6  -  Ah Kin  -  "He of the Sun".

  7  -  Ix Ahau  -  "Mistress"  She is the Mistress of
                    Creative Arts and the Master of Weaving
                    (she like Athene, in the Greek myths,
                    worked her magick on the loom).

  8  -  Ah Kin  -  as the Patron of Knowledge and Power.

  9  -  XAhau  -  "Lady Ahau"  Moon Goddess  Wife of Ah Kin
                  (the Sun God).

 10  -  Cobel Cab  -  Mistress of the Earth.
        Ix Tan Dz'onot  -  The Child of She who Sits in the
                           Mud, the Child of She who emerges
                           from the Sand.

 11  -  Acan  -  God of Wine (Actually he rules over
                 intoxicating drinks such as beer, wine,
                 Kola, etc.)  He is known for his loud
                 "bellowing" and his foolish behavior
                 He is Cacoch's aid (Cacoch is a God of
                 Creation).

 12  -  Ah Kin Xoc  -  'Ah kin' means "Priest".  'Xoc' means
                       "to count or read".  He is a great
                       singer, musician, and poet.  He won
                       the respect of the Sun God when he
                       took the guise of a Hummingbird and
                       wooed the Moon Goddess.  Husband of
                       the Plumeria, the sacred flower of
                       Itzam Na (this flower rules Divine
                       Sexuality, its colours are red and
                       white).  This Flower contained the
                       secret of Truth and Immortality.

 13  -  Ix Chel  -  Moon Goddess  She rules over Pro-
                    creation, birth, medicine, and wisdom.
                    She is a Virgin but she had a secret
                    cult which she is regarded as a Sacred
                    Mistress to Itzam Na.

 14  -  Ix Ahau Na  -  "Palace-Lady".

 15  -  Canan Chul Chan  -  Guardian of Holy Sky.  "Big
                            Star".

 16  -  Itzam Na Kinch Ahau  -  Old Sun God of balanced
                                judgement.  Ruler of the
                                Bacabs (Elements).

 17  -  Xbalanque & Hunahpu  -  Twin Heros Brothers who
                                heard the Divine Call of
                                Itzam Na which lead them to
                                destroy the False Ones who
                                had exalted themselves and
                                deceived some Mayas to
                                worship them; and defeated
                                the Lords of Death.

 18  -  Nucuch Chacob  -  "The Great Chacs"  Four horsemen
                          who are the Rain Gods.  They
                          bring Water of Life from the
                          Gods to the Maya.

 19  -  Balanke  -  "Jaguar-Sun"  This aspect of the Sun is
                    the essence of Strenght (warrior-type
                    strenght).  He is considered a Great
                    Breast.  All His Priests and Priestesses
                    are His harlots.

 20  -  Xob  -  Mother of Maize.  All Maize Deities sprang
                from Her seed (literally corn seed).

 21  -  Ek Chuah  -  He is the Merchant Deity, but most im-
                     portantly is ruled the cacao which was
                     the Mayan's biggest trade commodity.

 22  -  Itzam Na  -  as Great God who oversees Justice
                     between the Gods and the Mayan who
                     worships the Gods.



 23  -  Ku Kulcan  -  The Aztecs called Him "Quetzalcoatl".
                     He is the God of Self-sacrifice which
                     was done so the Maya could survive
                     and gain acknowledgement of Itzam Na.
                     Some myths place Him as the Judge of
                     the dead (but I would take this with
                     a gain of salt).

 24  -  Yum Cimil  -  "Lord of Death".

 25  -  Zip  -  Protector of the Deer (according to myth
                the Deer created the Vagina of the Moon
                Goddess by stepping on Her abdomen and then
                she was able to bear children of the Sun
                God. Note the sole of deer's foot looks like
                a Vagina).  Zip would deceive hunters to
                believe he was shooting a deer when in fact
                it was a iguana (a sacred animal of Itzam
                Na; to kill one incites the Death penalty).
                To those who gained Zip's Favour meant a
                successful hunt.

 26  -  Ah Ahaah Cab  -  "Awakener"  He is associated with
                         the Morning Star (Venus).

 27  -  Cit Chac Coh  -  "Father Red Great Puma"  The Lord
                         God of War.
        Buluc Chabtan  -  The God of Human Sacrifice and War.

 28  -  Bolon Tzcab  -  The Ruling-Lineage Deity.  He kept the
                        Line of Itzam Na pure and made sure the
                        Nobility of the Maya was strong.

 29  -  XAhau  -  as Moon Goddess.

 30  -  Kinich Ahau  -  "Sun-Eyed Lord"   It is said He had
                        a golden Sun eye (some say it was
                        almond eye) at the place of His
                        Ajna Chakra.

 31  -  Hun Kak  -  "Unique Fire"  The Divine Fire that
                    consumes all what ever remains is
                    prepared for Divinity.

 32  -  Ben Ich  -  "He of the Starry Sky"