Name of God – Maya
List of the names of Mayan gods and supernatural beings, mainly taken from the Books of Chilam Balam.
| Acan | The god of wine. His name means ‘belch’. |
| Acaat | Yucatec divine patron of those making scarifications and tattoos (Cogolludo); also called Acat and Ah Cat. |
| Ah Chuy Kak | A god of war |
| Aha Ciliz | A god of solar eclipses |
| Ah Mun | A designation of the Maya maize god |
| Ah Muzencab | The gods of bees |
| Ah Pekku | The god of thunder |
| Ah Tabai | The god of the hunt |
| Ah Uuc Ticab | A god of the Earth |
| Ahau Chamahez | A god of medicine and good health |
| Ajbit | One of the thirteen creator gods who helped construct humanity from maize |
| Ajtzak | One of the thirteen creator gods who helped construct humanity from maize |
| Akna | Meaning “Our mother,” a very general title applied, amongst others, to goddesses of fertility and childbirth |
| Alom | A sky god and one of the creator deities who participated in the last two attempts at creating humanity |
| Awilix | Patron of the Nija’ib’ lineage of the K’iche’ |
| Bacab | Old god of the interior of the earth and of thunder, sky carrier, fourfold |
| Balam | Any of a group of jaguar gods who protected people and communities |
| Bitol | A sky god and one of the creator deities who participated in the last two attempts at creating humanity |
| Bolon Ts’akab (Dzacab) | Ah Bolon Dzacab ‘Innumerable Generations’, the Lightning god, patron of the harvest and the seeds |
| Bolontiku | A group of nine underworld gods |
| Bolon Yokte’ | A very ancient Mayan Diety, who was said to have a radiant glow to his skin |
| Buluc Chabtan | War god |
| Cabrakan | A god of mountains and earthquakes. He was a son of Vucub Caquix and Chimalmat |
| Cacoch | A creator god |
| Camazotz | Bat god, tries to kill the Hero Twins |
| Can Tzicnal | Bacab of the north, is assigned the color white, and the Muluc years, son of Itzamna and Ixchel |
| Chac | The god of Storms, enemy of Camazot |
| Chac Uayab Xoc | A fish god and the patron deity of fishermen |
| Chicchan | A group of four Chorti rain gods who live in lakes and make rain clouds from the water in those lakes. Each of the rain gods was associated with a cardinal direction, similar to the Bacabs. Chiccan was also the name of a day in the Tzolkin cycle of the maya calendar |
| Cit | Bolon |
| Tum | A god of medicine and healing |
| Chimalmat | A giant who, by Vucub Caquix, was the mother of Cabrakan and Zipacna |
| Cizin | A god of death who lived in Metnal |
| Colel Cab | Mistress of the Bee |
| Colop U Uichkin | An eclipse deity |
| Coyopa | The god of thunder and brother of Cakulha |
| Cum Hau | A god of death and the underworld |
| Ekchuah | Ek Chuah, the “black war chief” was the patron god of warriors and merchant |
| Gukumatz | Feathered Snake god and creator. |
| Hachäk’yum | Worshipped by the Lacandon people as their patron deity |
| Hobnil | Bacab of the eas |
| Hozanek | Bacab of the south; the ek element in the name may refer to a star or constellation |
| Hun Batz | ‘One Howler Monkey’, one of the two stepbrothers of the Hero Twins, one of the Howler Monkey Gods and patron of the arts |
| Hun Came | A demonic lord of the underworld (Xibalba) who, along with Vucub Caquix, killed Hun Hunahpu. They were killed in turn by the latter’s sons, the Maya Hero Twins |
| Hun Chowen | One of the two stepbrothers of the Hero Twins, one of the Howler Monkey Gods and patron of the arts |
| Hun Hunahpu | The father of the Maya Hero Twins Ixbalanque and Hun Apu by a virgin. Beheaded in Xibalba, the underworld, by the rulers of Xibalba, Hun Came and Vucub Caquix. His sons avenged his death |
| Hunab Ku | ‘Sole God’, identical with Itzamna as the highest Yucatec god; or a more abstract upper god |
| Hunahpu | One of the Maya Hero Twins |
| Hunahpu Gutch | One of the thirteen creator gods who helped create humanity |
| Hunahpu Utiu | One of the thirteen creator gods who helped create humanity |
| Hunnalye | Hypothetical hieroglyphic reading of the name of the Classic Maya maize go |
| Huracan | ‘One Leg’, one of three lightning gods together called ‘Heart of the Sky’, and acting as world creators |
| Itzamna | The founder of the Maya culture, he taught his people to grow maize and cacao, as well as writing, calendars, and medicine. |
| Itzananohk’u | A patron god of the Lacandon people |
| Ixbalanque | Xbalanqu |
| Ixchel | Jaguar goddess of midwifery and medicine |
| Ixmucane | One of the thirteen creator gods who helped create humanity, grandmother of the Hero Twins |
| Ixpiyacoc | One of the thirteen creator gods who helped create humanity |
| Ixtab | Goddess of suicide |
| Ixazaluoh | A goddess of water and weaving |
| Kauil (Kawil, K’awiil) | Title attested for Itzamna, Uaxac Yol, and Amaite Ku; family name; probably not meaning ‘food’, but ‘powerful’ |
| Kinich Ahau | The solar deity |
| Kinich Kakmo | A solar deity represented by a macaw, patron of Izamal (Yucatan) |
| Kukulkán | The plumed serpent. A Mayan aspect of the Mesoamerican traditional God Quetzalcoatl |
| Kakka | married to goddess Lilit |
| Matbuas | a sun time |
| Oxlahuntiku | ‘Thirteen Gods’, possibly sky gods, opposed to Bolontiku. Mentioned in an eschatological passage |
| Qaholom | One of the second set of creator gods |
| Q’uq’umatz | Feathered Snake god and creator. The depiction of the feathered serpent deity is present in other cultures of Mesoamerica. Q’uq’umatz of the K’iche’ Maya is closely related to the god Kukulkan of Yucatán and to Quetzalcoatl of the Aztecs |
| Tepeu | A sky god and one of the creator deities who participated in all three attempts at creating humanity |
| Tohil | Tohil was a patron deity of the K’iche’. There was a great temple to him at their ancient capital of Q’umarkaj |
| Votan | legendary ancestral deity, Chiapas |
| Vucub Caquix | Bird demon, severs arm of Hero Twin, wife is Chimalmat, sons are the demonic giants Cabrakan and Zipacna |
| Xaman Ek | god of travelers and merchants, who gave offerings to him on the side of roads while traveling |
| Xbalanque | War Twin, one of the Hero Twins, companion to Hunahp |
| Xmucane and Xpiayoc | A creator god couple which helped create the first humans. They are also the parents of Hun Hunahpu and Vucub Hunahpu. They were called Grandmother of Day, Grandmother of Light and Bearer twice over, begetter twice over and given the titles midwife and matchmaker |
| Yaluk | One of four Mopan ‘Grandfathers’ of the earth and chief lightning god |
| Yum Caax | God of the woods, of wild nature, and of the hunt; invoked before carving out a maize field from the wilderness |
| Zac Cimi | Bacab of the west |
| Zipacna | Demonic personification of the earth crust |
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