Maya Culture
Who is Kukulkán?
Kukulkán is the main deity of the Maya pantheon: the god of gods, the Yucatecan alternative to the R...
Maya Culture
Maya Gods
One of the most devastating consequences of so many Maya codices and sacred art having been burned d...
Maya Culture
A Bleeding Prophecy: The Book of Xocén
We talk about the sacred book, the book of prophecies, or the living book of Xocen, the little town ...
Maya Culture
Maya Marriage
Marriage is a social institution which creates a conjugal link between its members, a socially recog...
Maya Culture
Fantastic Beasts of the Mayab
Mischievous “aluxes,” an extraordinary water serpent named Tsukán, and Sip the deer. Animals, humans...
Maya Culture
Maya Names
Four different names The American scholar Dr. Sylvanus G. Morley, who was an eminent Maya archaeolo...
Maya Culture
The Legend of Xtabay
Explore the enchanting Maya legend of Xtabay, a mystical figure who seduces lost men and reveals the...
Maya Culture
Pok Ta Pok, the Enigmatic Ritual “Sport” of the Maya
Known in Yucatán as Pok Ta Pok, the Mesoamerican ball game is a ritual sport played since at least 1...
Maya Culture
Maya Goddess Ixchel
Ixchel era la diosa maya de la luna, del amor, de la gestación, de la medicina y los trabajos textil...
