Chapter 600 The Four Great Gods of Mayan Mythology

Humans do not have the habit of hibernating.

Before entering the agricultural era, winter was undoubtedly the biggest challenge to human survival.

Whether it is the severe cold in winter or the lack of food, a large number of human deaths will occur.

Therefore, in order to survive, human migration has always been from the cold north to the warm south.

It wasn’t until the agricultural era when food could be stored that humans began to actively migrate to the north.

Under this survival model, most of the New World's indigenous people lived in the warm climate of Central America.

The Yucatan Peninsula in Central America is the main area where the Maya lived.

There are millions of Mayans living on this peninsula with an area of ​​about 200,000 square kilometers.

Although the Mayans at this time were still stuck in the tribal mode and village mode, among these large and small tribes and villages, there were also some ancient and powerful - large tribes and large villages with a population of tens of thousands.

The Uxmal tribe in the north, the Chicana tribe in the center, and the Palenque tribe in the south are the three most powerful tribes in the Yucatan Peninsula.

The Palenque tribe worships the Quetzalcoatl god Iecotel as its patron saint, the Chicana tribe worships the rain god Tlaloc as its patron saint, and the Uxmal tribe worships the water god Chalchutriqui as its patron saint.

Tlaloc, the rain god, and Chalchutriqui, the water god, are both sisters and doppelgangers of the feathered serpent god Eecotel.

When the people who worshiped the Earth Goddess came to the New World, they worshiped only one goddess at first.

As the Mayans grew in number and divided into more and more tribes, the Quetzalcoatl god Iecoatl himself also divided in order to meet the needs of different tribes.

The Mayan mythology of another world has four intricate groups of gods.

The Maize God Tribe is the oldest tribe of gods in Mayan mythology. It is headed by the Corn God Yum Cax. The four gods of heaven, earth, water, and fire live in four directions, and there is also a hunting god who looks like a cheetah.

The worship of the Corn God Tribe reflects the ancient and primitive worship.

It also reflects how important corn is to the Mayans as a food crop.

The reign of the Maize Gods corresponds to the First Sun Period listed in Aztec mythology.

Among the four gods of heaven, earth, water and fire, the earth god and water god are obviously the Quetzalcoatl god Iecotel, who has two forms of the earth goddess and the sea goddess.

The god of heaven and fire is obviously Tezcatlipoca, the sun god and thunder god of the First Solar Age.

Because Tezcatlipoca has the form of a jaguar, the god of the hunt who looks like a cheetah is obviously Tezcatlipoca.

The Camempus Protoss is the second protoss to appear after the Corn Protoss. It is headed by Komu Camempus, and its right-hand man is Skel, the God of Wisdom, and Rau, the God of Anger.

Compared with the Maize God Clan, which advocates the nature of heaven and earth, the appearance of the Camempus God Clan has significantly increased the power and majesty of the gods.

Rather than deities symbolizing the power of nature, the Kamempes are more like deified ancestor gods.

The Beast God Clan is the king of gods who enthrones various animals as gods. Among them, the Eagle God rules the sky and becomes the King of Beast Gods.

The bear god rules over the earth, while the fish god rules over the rivers.

The Beast God Clan obviously worships animals.

It is worth mentioning that neither the Camempes, who worship ancestors, nor the Beasts, who worship animals, are the mainstream of Mayan mythology.

Therefore, the Maize God Clan, dominated by Tezcatlipoca, the God of Thunder, and Iecotel, the Quetzalcoatl God, were not replaced by the Camempus God Clan and the Beast God Clan.

In the late Mayan period, the Maize God Tribe was replaced by the Itesumna Tribe, but the Corn God Yum Cax was still revered by the Mayan people.

The Itesumna clan appeared during the heyday of the development of Mayan mythology. They mainly include the god of creation, the god of heaven, and the god of corn. They are also known as the Mayan Nine Gods.

They respectively represent the ancient Maya's reverence for the nine natural elements. The nine gods are good and evil, and all have powerful power.

The god Itsumna is depicted in the manuscripts as a white-bearded old man with great wisdom.

The rain god Chak dominates rain. Since rain is inseparable from agriculture, Chak is also called the guardian of agriculture.

The cloud god Yum Kax often works together with the rain god Chak to bring harvest to people.

Istab, the God of War, is also known as the Way Leader because the ancient Mayans regarded death as the road to heaven.

The god of death, A. Puche, likes to appear together with the god of war. The god of war is responsible for taking people's lives, and the god of death is responsible for leading them to the world of death.

The worshiper of Kokata is depicted as a cruel image with a torch in one hand lighting the house and a spear in the other hand destroying the enemy.

Saman Ek, the God of the North Star, is also known as a business travel guide because the North Star remains in the same position throughout his life.

Queen Ischel is the wife of Itsumna. She has two faces: strong and soft. She is responsible for protecting women and newborns.

The wind god Iecotel, the almost dominant Quetzalcoatl god in the late Mayan mythology, appears as a wind god and is rarely mentioned in various manuscripts.

Among the oldest corn gods, the Quetzalcoatl god Eecotel occupies an important position.

In the myths fabricated by the Aztecs three thousand years later, the Quetzalcoatl god Iecotel and her sisters, the rain god Tlaloc and the water god Chalchutriqui, were also regarded as among the gods of the Second Sun Period. King, the King of Gods in the Third Sun Age and the King of Gods in the Fourth Sun Age.

In the system of the Nine Gods of Maya, the feathered serpent god Iocotel did not occupy a major position, probably because the foreign invaders who worshipped male gods conquered the Maya.

After all, the Maya, who worshipped goddesses, had no reason to worship a male god as the creator god and the king of gods.

In Aztec mythology, the reigns of the feathered serpent god Iocotel, the rain god Tlaloc, and the water god Chalchutlqui were all destroyed by the thunder god Tezcatlipoca.

Perhaps the period of the Nine Gods of Maya ruled by Itzumna was the period when Tezcatlipoca ruled the Maya in Aztec mythology.

It was because the Olmecs who worshipped Tezcatlipoca created the rain god Chak, who was a male god, that the Maya rain god Tlaloc became a male god.

The Maya creation myth can also prove that Maya mythology is not just the myth of the Maya who worshipped the earth goddess.

Because there are four different creation myths in Maya mythology.

The Mayans who worshipped the Earth Goddess naturally believed that the Earth Goddess created humans with clay.

Clay figures are also the first generation of humans in Mayan mythology.

The second generation of humans in Mayan mythology is wooden figures.

Wooden figures are obviously the myth of creating humans derived from plant worship.

The third generation of humans in Mayan mythology is the new wooden figure.

The fourth generation of humans in Mayan mythology directly became corn people.

The myth of corn creating humans reflects the worship of plants - the worship of corn gods replaces the feathered serpent god in some aspects.

However, the ruling position of the feathered serpent god Iekotel has not been shaken.

Because the feathered serpent god Iekotel is not only the goddess of the earth, but also the goddess of the sea, the goddess of water, the goddess of wind, the goddess of war, the goddess of death, and the goddess of life.

Among the nine Mayan gods, the god of war Istabu, the queen of gods Ischel, and the god of wind Iekotel are obviously the feathered serpent god Iekotel.

In order to weaken the authority of the feathered serpent god, the power of the feathered serpent god can only be divided into three.