Mayan Mythology

Good evening everybody and welcome back to Raisa's Mythological Creature Blog. Today's Creatures are from Mayan Mythology!



The first creature for today is the Jacumama. It is a serpent which the size ranges from 25 ft to 30 ft (7.62 m to 9.144 m). Some people called it 'The most rare Mayan serpent'. The Mayans, however, called it 'the mother of the waters'.

Another famous mythological creature is the Huay Chivo. It is a half human, half beast creature. Some believe they have red eyes and is wildly associated with the chupacabras, another mythological beast. Others believe that this creature is an evil sorcerer.

The next creature is Nagual. Nagual is a human that is able to transform into many animal forms. Some Mayans call this 'the transforming trickster'. Others sometimes say that if a nagual can transform into any animal, it has both strong and weak aspects of it. 

Next animal is K'awiil. It is a creature with a zoomorphic head, big eyes, an upturned snout and a serpent's tooth. Some Mayans believe that this beast has flames coming out of its forehead and it is associated with lightning, fertility and maize. A few Mayans believe that this creature was the king's patron. 

The next creature for today is K'inich Ajau. It was the god of the sun and represented a human in his middle age. The beast had two little companions which were both birds. One was a hummingbird, the other was an unknown species. Some myths say that K'inich Ajau was a jaguar god.

Kukulkan is next. It is a snake deity and was around sometime when the Olmecs existed. A bishop, Diego de Landa, believed that a myth about the creature existed. He believed that Kukulkan arrived at Chicken Itza in the Mexican plateau. He also believed that the beast spent many years in Yucatan and then came back to central Mexico.

The next creature on the list is the pet rabbit of the Mayan goddess of the moon, Ix Chel. A myth says that after creating the world, the sun and the moon had the same amount of brightness. The gods threw the rabbit at the moon so that the moon didn't shine that bright. On a full moon, the Mayans saw the silhouette of the rabbit. 

The next animal is a bird demon named Vucub Caquix. This creature was pretending to be the sun and the moon and was shot by one of the hero twins, Hun Ahpu. Somehow, he still managed to eat up his arm. but then he was defeated by both twins, and the bird was soon no more. 

The next two are the sons of Vucub Caquix. They are Zipacna and Cabracan. The two twins may have defeated their father, but they won't get through them! One day, Zipacna was bathing in a river, when a group of 400 boys came over and pleaded if they could continue their work. Zipacna said no. He then threw them off the roof of a building and killed them.

That's it! See you tomorrow for more creatures! Bye!