2013/14.05.2024
Mayan and Aztec gods
Dear readers. Since I simply couldn't find a complete list of Mayan deities, I'm going to attempt to compile a 99% list. I am not finished yet. However, it has to be said that many Aztec deities also represent Mayan deities.
| Name | Role of the god | Cultur | Fonts |
| Ab Kin Xoc Piz Hui Tec | God of poetry | Maya | Internet (not secure) |
| Acna | Mother goddess, moon, patroness of childbirth | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ah Bolom Tzacab | God of agriculture and rain | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ah Chuy Kak Ah Cun Can | God of war | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ah Kinchil Ak Kin | God of the sun, sun god | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ah Mucen Cab Ah Muzenkab | Bee god, honey collector, also called Ah Muzencab. Falling god. | Maya | Wikipedia |
| Ah Puch Hun Hau Hun Ahau Yum Cimil Cizin Uac Mitum Ahau | God of death. The Mayan god HUN AHAU or Uac Mitum Ahau was the ruler of MITNAL, the realm of the dead, and NOT Xibalba, which corresponds roughly to our purgatory, as is often confused. Hunahau is the dark god of death and the personification of darkness. He sacrificed himself by dying and descending into the realm of the dead (Mitnal), only to rise again afterwards. The believers made sacrifices to him in order to prolong their lives. Ah Puch or Hun Ahau is said to be the opposite of Itzamná. | Mayan | Dr. Alberto Ruz Lhuillier named him/her: "Cizín" (Kizin); Bischof Diego de Landa named him: "Uac Mitum Ahau"; Eric Thompson "Chac Mitum Ahau". The terms "Hun Ahau", "Yum Cimil" (Yum-Kimil) (Lord of Death) or Ah Puch are also often used. |
| Ahalpuh | A sub-god of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Ahabuluc-Balam | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 230 |
| Ahalcana | A sub-god of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Ahau Chamahez | God of medicine, god of healing | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ahau Kin | Goddess of the sun, sun goddess | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ahcan-Uolcab | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 230 |
| Ahmakig | Goddess of agriculture and the farmer. She lives on the summit of Mount Tiburon and flies through the night. Teacher of dance and song. She heals snake bites. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ahulane | God of war | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ajbit | One of the 13 gods who created mankind. Creator God. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ajtzak | One of the 13 gods who created mankind. Creator God. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Akhushtal | Goddess of birth | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Alahom Naom Tzentel | Goddess of consciousness, thought and intellect. Goddess of thought and intelligence. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Alom | God of heaven and one of the 7 gods who created the world. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Asat | God of life | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Auilix | God of twilight | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Bacabs, Bacab | The 4 giants that support the world in the 4 cardinal points. Canac in the south, Ix in the east, Kan in the north and Mulac in the west | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Backlim Chaam | God of masculinity and male sexuality | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Batel-Okot | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 218 |
| Bolon Dzacab | God in relation to the royal lines | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Bolonzacab | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 214 |
| Buluc Chaptan | God of blood sacrifice and war. An evil, plundering deity. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Cabracán, Cabracá | Earthquake demon, destroyer of the mountains, son of Vucub-Caquix. He was killed by the brothers Humapú and Ixbalanqué. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Cakulha | Subordinate of Yaluk, god of smaller lightning bolts, brother of Coyopa. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Camazotz | Bat god who can cut off people's heads with his sharp teeth. He is the murderer of Hun-Hunapù. God of the underworld. | Mayan | Wikipedia Camazotz |
| Came | God A. Ruler of Xibalba. Opponent of Hunahau. He and his allies were defeated in the ball game by Hunapu and Ixbalanquè. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Canac | The 4 giants that support the world in the 4 cardinal points. Canac in the south, Ix in the east, Kan in the north and Mulac in the west | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Cezalcuati | Called Cuculcán by the Maya. God of peace. Son of the virgin Couatlicue and brother of Xolotl | Aztecs | Diego de Landa, Relaction de las Cosas del Yucatan, Chapter 4 |
| Ce-Cipaetli | Calendar god for the Aztecs, Hun-Ymix for the Maya | Aztecs | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 236 |
| Chaac Chac | God of rain, lightning, thunder and wind. God of the storm. God of fertility and agriculture. | Mayan | Wikipedia Chaac |
| Chac-Bolay | God of the intermediate worlds | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Chac-u-Uayeyab | God or devil of the previous year | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 218 |
| Chac-Xib-Chac | God of sacrifice and dance. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Chacan-Cantun | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 220 |
| Chalchiuhtlicue | Water Goddess, The Nine Lords of the Hours of the Night, 6th hour | Aztecs | Codex: Telleriano-Nemensis, Borbonicus and Bologna Tonamlamatl Albin. Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 57 |
| Chamiabac | A sub-god of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Chamiaholom | A sub-god of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Champollion | God of the deluge and floods | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. LXXIX |
| Chichac-Chob | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 230 |
| Chicomecoatl | Maisgöttin | Aztecs | |
| Chilan | God of soothsayers and priests and could mediate between this world (MITNAL) and the hereafter (XIBALBA) | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Chirakan-Ixmucane | Are the 4 gods who created the world and divided by 2 so that another 4 gods could come into being. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Cinteotl | Corn God, The Nine Lords of the Hours of the Night, 4th hour | Aztecs | Codex: Telleriano-Nemensis, Borbonicus and Bologna Tonamlamatl Albin. Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 57 |
| Cit Bolon Tum | God of medicine, God of the doctor. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Cihuacouatl Ilamatecutli | Goddess of the 17th annual festival Tititl, female snake, | Aztecs | Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 126, Codex Borbonieus 36 |
| Cizin Kisin | God of earthquakes and death. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Cizin Yum Cimil Uac Mitum Ahau Ah Puch Hun Hau Hun Ahau | The Mayan god HUN AHAU or "Uac Mitum Ahau" was the ruler of MITNAL, the realm of the dead, and not Xibalba as is often confused.
Xibalba corresponds roughly to our purgatory. Hunahau is the dark god of death and the personification of darkness. He sacrificed himself by dying and descending into the realm of the dead (Mitnal), only to rise again afterwards. The believers made sacrifices to him in order to prolong their lives. Ah Puch or Hun Ahau is said to be the opposite of Itzamná. | Maya | Dr. Alberto Ruz Lhuillier named him/her: "Cizín" (Kizin); Bischof Diego de Landa named him/her "Uac Mitum Ahau"; Eric Thompson "Chac Mitum Ahau". The names "Hun Ahau", "Yum Cimil" (Yum-Kimil) (Lord of Death) or Ah Puch are also often used. |
| Couatlicue | Goddess who wears a hip scarf made of snakes. Mother of Xolotl and Cezalcuati. Thus also mother of the Mayan deity Kukulkan. | Aztecs | Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 126 |
| Coyolxauhqui | Goddess of the Moon | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Coyopa | God of thunder, brother of Cakulha. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Cuchumaquic | A sub-god of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Cuculcán | Cezalcuati among the Aztecs. God of peace. Son of the virgin Couatlicue and brother of Xolotl. Among the Maya he is called Kukulkan. | Mayan | Diego de Landa, Relaction de las Chosas del Yucatan, Chapter 4 |
| Cumhau | Gods of the underworld | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ehecatl | God of the wind | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Eheatl | The Aztecs call it Quetzalcohuatl. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. LXVIII |
| Ek | The black god, god of the western part of the world. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ek-Balan-Chac | Black tiger (although there were no tigers in America at that time). | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 230 |
| Ek Chua Ekchuah Ek Chuach | God of trade | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ek Chuah | God M. God of merchants and the cocoa plant. In the codices he is often depicted as a god of war. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Ekel-Acantun | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 228 |
| Ekuvayeyab | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 228 |
| Hacauitz | God of the mountains | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Holcan-Okot/ | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 218 |
| Huehueteotl | God of war, sun god and humans were sacrificed in his honour. | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Huitzilopochtli | Patron god of the country | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Hun Ahau Yum Cimil Cizin Uac Mitum Ahau Ah Puch Hun Hau | "The Mayan god HUN AHAU or "Uac Mitum Ahau" was the ruler of MITNAL, the realm of the dead. But not over Xibalba, which corresponds roughly to our purgatory. Hunahau is the dark god of death and the personification of darkness. He sacrificed himself by dying and descending into the realm of the dead (Mitnal), only to rise again afterwards. The believers made sacrifices to him in order to prolong their lives. Ah Puch or Hun Ahau is said to be the opposite of Itzamná. | Mayan | Dr. Alberto Ruz Lhuillier named him/her: "Cizín" (Kizin); Bischof Diego de Landa named him "Uac Mitum Ahau"; Eric Thompson "Chac Mitum Ahau". He is also often referred to as "Hun Ahau", "Yum Cimil" (Yum-Kimil) (Lord of Death) or Ah Puch. |
| Hun-Ahpu | Feathered snake | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. XCVII |
| Hun Batz | Eldest son of Hun-Hunapu. Twin of Hun Chouen. Was transformed into a monkey by Hunahpú and Xbalanque - together with his twin brother. He became the protector of the artists and dancers. Excellent flute player. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. XVCII, LXXX |
| Hun Came | God A. Ruler of Xibalba. Opponent of Hunahau. He and his allies were defeated in the ball game by Hunapu and Ixbalanquè. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Hun Chouen | Eldest son of Hun-Hunapu. Twin of Hun Chouen. Was transformed into a monkey by Hunahpú and Xbalanque - together with his twin brother. He became the protector of the artists and dancers. Excellent flute player. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. XCVII, LXXX |
| Hun Nal | God of corn | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Hunabku Hunab-Ku | Supreme goddess and creator of the universe. Deity above the gods. Hunab-Ku is the primordial energy. Creator deity of the Itzamná.. | Mayan | Wikipedia It could also be an invented main god of the missionaries in order to be able to place a god above the gods. |
| Hunahau Hun Ahau | God of death and ruler of Mitnal. Hunahau descended to earth in human form and died to redeem them. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Hunahpú | Fought against the gods in a ball game. One of the two heroes with Xbalanque who defeated the gods of the underworld. Sacrificed himself as a heroe and thus ascended to the sun god. He is the son of Hun-Hunapú and twin brother of Ixbalanqué, with whom he defeated Vucub-Caquix, created humans and avenged his father's death in Xibalbá. After the siblings were dismembered in a ritual ball game, they rose to heaven as gods. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Hun-Hunapu | God of maize, maize god and father of the twins Hunahpú and Xbalanqué | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Hun-Ymix | Calendar god, Ce-Cipaetli among the Aztecs | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 236 |
| Huracán | Star god, later the god of wind and hurricanes, of storms and fire as well as fertility and stood for the unbridled forces of nature. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Ilamatecutli Ciuacouatl | Goddess of the 17th annual festival Tititl, female snake, | Aztecs | Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 126, Codex Borbonieus 36 |
| Name | Role of the god | Cultur | Fonts |
| Itzamná | God D. Founder of the Maya culture. Bears the title "Lord of Knowledge" and science. He brought corn and cocoa to his people and taught them writing, medicine and the use of the calendar. As the founder of culture, he became the state god of the Mayan empire. As god of the sun and sky, he rules over day and night. He is the son of Hunabku and, as the husband of Ixchel, father of the Bacabs. His attributes are the snake and the conch. The old sky god. He is roughly equivalent to Zeus in Greek mythology. Often perceived as a father who lives in seclusion. | Mayan | Wikipedia Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 61 |
| Itzapapalotl | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. CVI Codex Letellier |
| Itztli | Stone Knife God, The Nine Lords of the Hours of the Night, 2nd hour | Aztecs | Codex: Telleriano-Nemensis, Borbonicus und Bologna Tonamlamatl Albin. Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 57 |
| Ix | The 4 giants that support the world in the 4 cardinal points. Canac in the south, Ix in the east, Kan in the north and Mulac in the west | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Ix Chebel Yax | Brought the art of colour pattern weaving to the Maya and was the goddess of painting and picture writing. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Ix Chel Ixchel | Goddess of the rainbow. Goddess of water, birth and weaving. Wife of Itzamná. She resembles Hera from Greek mythology. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ix Ch'up Ix U | Goddess of the moon | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ixaluoh | Goddess of weaving | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Ixbalanqué | Son of Hun-Hunapú and twin brother of Hunapú, with whom he defeated Vucub-Caquix and avenged his father's death in Xibalbá. After the victory over the underworld in the dismemberment of the siblings in the ritual ball game, the heroes turned into the sun and moon. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Ixchel | Earth and moon goddess of the Maya Patroness of water, the rainbow and pregnant women. She invented the art of weaving. In some traditions, she appears to be identical to the fertility goddess Ixcanleom. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Ixtab | Protective goddess of suicides who go straight to paradise with the Yucatecan Mayas. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Kan | The 4 giants that support the world in the 4 cardinal points. Canac in the south, Ix in the east, Kan in the north and Mulac in the west | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Kanal-Acantun | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 214 |
| Kan-u-Uayeyab | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 214 |
| Kauil | God of fire. God of the occult soul of man and the sacred fire within man.. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| K'awiil | God K. A god of descent and legitimisation of power, was also associated with weather phenomena; as Tojil the main god of the Quiché in the Popol Vuh; shows affinity with Huracán and Chaac. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Kinch-Ahau | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 218 |
| Kinich Ahau | The personification of the sun and in some traditions the father of Itzamná. He later becomes a manifestation of the latter. Sun god, depicted as a young or old man. During his journey through the underworld, he became Jaguar God at night. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Kinich Kakmó | Sun god, probably Kinich Ahau. | Internet (not secure) | |
| Kukulcan Gukumatz | God of creation. The feathered serpent god and is the equivalent of the Aztec Quetzalcoatl. | Mayan | Wikipedia Diego de Landa "Relacion de la cosas de Yucatan" |
| Mayahuel | Göttin die den Pulque (Schnaps) entdeckte. | Internet (not secure) | |
| Mictlautecutli | God of Death, Lord of the Realm of the Dead, his mate was Mictecacihuatl, The Nine Lords of the Hours of the Night, 5th Hour | Aztecs | Codex: Telleriano-Nemensis, Borbonicus und Bologna Tonamlamatl Albin Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 57 |
| Mitnal | The realm of the dead, the hell of the Maya, into which the souls of evil people enter after their death. Hunahau rules over it. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Mulac | The 4 giants that support the world in the 4 cardinal points. Canac in the south, Ix in the east, Kan in the north and Mulac in the west | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Nacon | God of war, War God | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Patan | A sub-god of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Pauahtun | God of storms and thunder. Alcoholic who had the task of holding the vault of heaven. With shell and shield plate in his hand. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Pilzintecutli | Sun god, god of princes, the nine lords of the hours of the night, 3rd hour | Aztecs | Codex: Telleriano-Nemensis, Borbonicus and Bologna Tonamlamatl Albin Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 57 |
| Quetzalcoatl even Quetzalcohuatl | God of education and the calendar, god of arts and crafts, and patron of the clergy. Called Eheatl by the Mayas. | Aztecs | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. LXXVIII |
| Quicre | A sub-god of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Quicrixcac | A sub-god of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Quicxic | A sub-god of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Teel-Cuzam | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 12 |
| Temazcalteci | Grandmother of the sweat baths, goddess | Aztecs | Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 127 |
| Tepeyollotl | God of the Caves, the Heart of the Mountains, The Nine Lords of the Hours of the Night, 8th Hour" | Aztecs | "Codex: Telleriano-Nemensis, Borbonicus und Bologna Tonamlamatl Albin Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 57 |
| Tepoztecatl | God of the Cotli, a liquor. | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Teteoinnan | Mother of the gods, Toci=our grandmother, people were sacrificed in her honour. | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Tezcatlipoca | Creator deity | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Tlaçolteotl | Goddess of the moon and earth, goddess of filth, dirt and sin. The nine lords of the hours of the night, 7th hour | Aztecs | Codex: Telleriano-Nemensis, Borbonicus und Bologna,
Tonamlamatl Albin Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 57 |
| Tlaloc | Rain god, thunder god. The nine lords of the hours of the night, 9th hour | Aztecs & andere Kulturen | Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 57 |
| Tlaltecutli | Earth god, god of the earth. | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Tohil | God of fire and sacrifice. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Tonatiuh | Sun god | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Tzinteotl | Maize god | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Uac Mitum Ahau Yum Cimil Cizin Ah Puch Hun Hau Hun Ahau | "The Mayan god HUN AHAU or "Uac Mitum Ahau" was the ruler of MITNAL, the realm of the dead. But not over Xibalba, which corresponds roughly to our purgatory. Hunahau is the dark god of death and the personification of darkness. He sacrificed himself by dying and descending into the realm of the dead (Mitnal), only to rise again afterwards. The believers made sacrifices to him in order to prolong their lives. Ah Puch or Hun Ahau is said to be the opposite of Itzamná. | Mayan | Dr. Alberto Ruz Lhuillier named him/her: "Cizín" (Kizin); Bischof Diego de Landa benannte ihn "Uac Mitum Ahau"; Eric Thompson "Chac Mitum Ahau". Oft findet man auch die Bezeichnungen "Hun Ahau", "Yum Cimil" (Yum-Kimil) (Herr des Todes) oder auch Ah Puch. |
| Uacmitun-Ahau | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 228 |
| Votan | Was commissioned by the Mayan gods to become the founder of civilisation in America and founded the city of Palenque. After this task, he was elevated to the status of god. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Vucub Came | God A. One of the two sovereigns of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Vucub Caquix | He presumed to be sun, moon and earth at the same time and was subsequently killed by Hunapú and Ixbalanqué. He is the father of Cabracá and Zipacná. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Xaman Ek | God of the polar star. Patron of merchants and traders. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Xbalanqué | One of the twin brothers and son of Hun-Hunapu, Feathered Serpent. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. XCVII |
| Xibalbá | The underworld over which Came reigns. Xibalba is roughly equivalent to the Christian purgatory. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Xiquiripat | An undergod of Xibalba. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Xilonen | Maize goddess | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Xipe Totec | God of spring and patron of goldsmiths. Also called Yopi. People were sacrificed in his honour. | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Xiuhtecutli | God of fire, the nine lords of the hours of the night, 1st hour. | Aztecs | Codex: Telleriano-Nemensis, Borbonicus und Bologna Tonamlamatl Albin Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 57 |
| Xmucane-Xpiyacoe | Twofold God | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Xochiquetzal | Floral feather goddess, patroness of love. | Aztecs | Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 127 |
| Xolotl | Son of the maiden Couatlicue and brother of Cezalcuati. | Aztecs | Internet, Wikipedia |
| Xpiyacoe-Xmucane | Twofold God | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Yax-Coc-Ahmut | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 220 |
| Youaltecutli | Master of the night | Aztecs | Seler, Beobachtungen ...Palenque, S. 62 |
| Yum Cimil Cizin Uac Mitum Ahau Ah Puch Hun Hau Hun Ahau | ‘The Mayan god HUN AHAU or “Uac Mitum Ahau” was the ruler of MITNAL, the realm of the dead. MITNAL is often confused with Xibalba. Xibalba corresponds roughly to our purgatory. Hunahau is the dark god of death and the personification of darkness. He sacrificed himself by dying and descending into the realm of the dead (Mitnal), only to rise again afterwards. The believers made sacrifices to him in order to prolong their lives. Ah Puch or Hun Ahau is said to be the opposite of Itzamná. | Maya | Dr. Alberto Ruz Lhuillier named him/her: "Cizín" (Kizin); Bischof Diego de Landa benannte ihn "Uac Mitum Ahau"; Eric Thompson "Chac Mitum Ahau". The names ‘Hun Ahau’ and ‘Yum Cimil’ (Yum-Kimil) (Lord of Death) are also often used. But also Ah Puch. |
| Yopi | God of spring and patron of goldsmiths. Also called Xipe Totec. People were sacrificed in his honour. | Aztecs | Internet (not secure) |
| Yum Kaax | God E. God of untamed nature, its plants and animals and for this reason also important for maize farmers. Also maize god. | Mayan | Wikipedia |
| Yum Xac | God of maize, maize god, often depicted with a maize plant on his head. | Mayan | Internet (not secure) |
| Yzamna | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 222 |
| Yzamna-Kauil | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 216 |
| Zac-Acantun | .. | Mayan | Relation des Choses de Yucatan, Diego de Landa, Abré Brasseur de Bourbourg, 1864, p. 224 |
| Zipacná | Like his brother Cabracán, he was an earthquake demon and bore the title ‘Creator of Mountains’. He is the son of Vucub-Caquix and gathered mountains at night. | Mayan | Wikipedia |