The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we still uncover ...

The Mayans believed their gods to be immortal, and if “Lives of the Gods ... which runs from 250 of the common era until 900. The Aztec and Inca empires were centuries away. The Mayans built cities ...

A big shark that serves Aztec and Maya gods Giant sea monsters were important in Mesoamerican cultures. One of those primordial creatures was known as “Cipactli” in the Aztec language or ...

As such, its performance was intrinsically rooted in Aztec religion. The Mexica believed that humans had ... for human sacrifice throughout Mesoamerica: Everyone from the Maya to the Toltecs of Tula ...

Among the later Maya, for example, the gods of wind, rain and corn — or more precisely ... an important symbol that continued even into the 16th century with the Aztec. The most famous Olmec bedrock ...