Depending on which iteration of Maya religion you find, several creator gods are believed to have played a role in crafting ...

The Mayan mythology gods and goddesses are filled with rich history, rituals, and mysteries — some of which we still uncover today — and some of which you can see in sculpture form when you ...

Itzamná created human beings ... get to go straight to the top level. The Maya believed in many gods, each representing a different part of life. These gods had to be pleased so Maya communities ...

And this is pretty obvious in the young maize god - the sculpture was apparently a manifestation of mythological beings resulting from the third Maya creation. There were eight mythological beings ...