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The Maya are best known for their innovations in architecture, construction and creating their great beautiful cities and pyramids resembling that of the ancient Egyptians. The Maya were also well known for their scientific advances in math and astronomy which are greatly reflected in the large cities they left behind and the art left behind in the great monuments they produced thousands of years ago.
The Maya, who had created a massive and powerful civilization were well versed in their knowledge of numbers and the stars above. The Maya created a number of calendars marking different dates and numbers. The Mayan "Long" Calendar, known more commonly as the Mayan Calendar depicts a spans of time in which one time begins and another ends. The end of this calendar marks the date December 21st, year 2012 which provides even more mystery to the Mayan 2012 mystery.
The Mayan Calendar is said to end in 2012, specifically 12/21/2012. Coincidentally, this marks the exact time and date of the great (((Galactic Alignment))) which will occur on... you guessed it, December 21st 2012.
The Mayan Calendar - Year 2012
THE GODS OF THE UNDERWORLD
Each of the Nine Gods of the underworld has his or her own specialty (there are four female deities and five males). The Bolontiku communicate with their votaries through what we would call channeling and prophetic dreams, which to the Maya were as much a part of everyday life as the telephone and television are to us. A dream prompted by the Bolontiku can be distinguished from a normal dream by the invariable presence of one personage who says nothing but who stands in the background of whatever scene is unfolding. Upon awakening the dreamer realizes that this mute personage was actually inducing and directing the entire experience, and is in fact one of the Nine revealing a message of importance. Non-Mayans do not necessarily see the Bolontiku as Mayans: to my benefactor they appear (in dreams) as long-haired hippies; and when they have appeared to me they come in three-piece suits.
The city of Tikal, located in the remote jungle of northern Guatemala, was (and is) the sacred home city of the Bolontiku. Abandoned mysteriously a thousand years ago, the jungle swallowed it up until its excavation by the University of Pennsylvania fifty years ago (see National Geographic magazine December 1975 issue). These archeological ruins are now part of a national park-cum-nature preserve administered by the Guatemalan government.
The Bolontiku themselves are delighted to see their sacred city restored to at least part of its former grandeur. There is the spectacle of immense pyramids and plazas set in the midst of impenetrable jungle teaming with exotic birds, howler monkey and jaguars. Moreover, the Nine promise to give a valuable lesson to any visitor to Tikal who wishes to invoke them/
The cult of the Nine Mayan gods has fallen into general neglect among the Maya. At the same time, the fragile ecosystem of the Mayan area has been and is being threatened by the destruction of massive tracts of tropical rainforest. As a result, the Bolontiku have been calling foreigners in to revive their cult, to publicize their ecological concerns, and to buy up and preserve as much virgin rainforest as possible. In front of this pyramid there is a row of eight steles, with a ninth stele in front of the row of eight. Before each stele is a squat, cylindrical altar
Ah Puch - God of death and ruler of Mitnal, the lowest and most terrible of the nine hells. Portrayed as a man with an owl's head or as a skeleton or bloated corpse. Also known as 'God A'. Ah Puch survives in modern Mayan belief as Yum Cimil (Lord of Death).
In Mesoamerican myth, Au Puch, also known as Yum Cimil and Cum Hau, is the Mayan Lord of the dead. His realm is Hunhau, which literally means "spoil." It is a bitter land of the dead where punishments are inflicted on evil doers. Au Puch presides over the ninth and worst layer of Hunhau. He is usually depicted as a skeleton (skull head, bare ribs and spiny projections from the vertebrae) or with bloated flesh marked by dark rings of decomposition and a menacing grin. In his hair are bell like jewelry and he takes great pleasure in causing eternal torture and torment to the damned. According to some legends, he is said to occasionally roam the earth looking for evil people, causing war, sickness, and death. Once someone is condemned to Hunhau, they can never leave. Sacrificial victims were offered to Au Puch in the cenote or sacred pool.
Ahau-Kin - Called the 'lord of the sun face'. The god of the sun, he possessed two forms - one for the day and one at night. During the day he was a man with some jaguar features, but between sunset and sunrise he became the Jaguar God, a lord of the underworld who travelled from west to east through the lower regions.
Ah Uuc Ticab - Deity of the underworld
Bolon Ti Ku - Underworld Deity
Chamer - Mayan god of death in eastern Guatemala. His consort is Xtabai
Cizin - God of death. He burns the dead in the Mayan underworld. Cizin is the Mayan god of death. His name literally means "stench." He is described as having a fleshless nose and lower jaw. Sometimes his entire head may be depicted as just a skull. He wears a "collar with death eyes between the lines of hair, and a long bone hangs from one earlobe." (Jordan, 57) Cizin's body may be shown as a spine and ribs or it can be painted with black and yellow spots, which are the Mayan color of death. He resides in Tnal, the Yucatec place of death. His primary job is to burn the souls of the dead. The soul of the deceased is first burned on the mouth and anus by Cizin. When the soul complains, Cizin will douse it with water until the soul complains again. The soul is then burned until there is nothing left. The next stop is to the god, Sucunyum, who spits on it's hands and cleanses it, after which the soul is free to go where it chooses.
Cum Hau - Mayan god of death.
Hanhau - Underworld Deity, Mitnal
Hun Came - Quiche Maya co-ruler of Xibalba, the Mayan underworld. In the Popol Vuh creation myth he murdered Hun-Hunapu and Vukub-Hunapu. Subsequently he and his co-regent Vukubcame were destroyed by Hunapu and Xbalanque.
Hun-Hunapu - In the Quiche Maya Popol Vuh creation myth, Hun-Hunapu was the divine twin of Vukub-Hunapu. They were the sons of Xpiyacoc and Xmucane. The two were murdered in a ball game by the two rulers of Xibalba, the Mayan underworld. They were avenged by Hun-Hunapu's children Hunapu and Xbalanque.
