A God of Death, ruler of the realm of the dead, a land in the west filled with the bones of his subjects. He is associated with the sacraficial symbols of a skull and obsidian knife.

Acan God of drunkeness and ruler of the the art of brewing Balche, a fermented honey drink.

Acat God of the art of Tattooing, a Life Spirit with dominion over the growth and development of fetuses.

Ahau-Chamahez Healer God, frequently called Lord of the Magic Tooth.

Ahluic God of merchant's, ruler of wealth, a member of a Triad, with Chac and Hobnil.

Ahmucen-Cab An early creator God said to have descended from the skies, and scattered seeds and boulders over the land which had newly arisen out of the depths. This creation was erased by the Becabs, who started the work over again.

Ahpuch A God of Death, cthonic demon ruler of the Ninth Underworld Realm of Mitnal.

Ajbit A creator God, one of a group of thirteen who attempted the creation of sentient creatures from wooden models after two previous attempts had met with failure.

Ajtzak A creator God, involved in the attempt to form sentient creatures from wood.

Akna Goddess of motherhood and birth, associated with the Becabs.

Alom A creator God who attempted to form sentient creatures at the beginning of days with Bitol, Qaholom, and Tzacol. At the time of the third creation, He became Hunahpu-Guch.

Backlum Chaam One of the Becabs, God of male sexuality.

B'alam The Jaguar God, dweller in the forest and God of the wild.

The B'alams A group of four entities who are the progenitors of humankind, in Quiche tradition. Originally Godlike in form and power, they were created by Gucumatz, Huracan, and Tepeu from stalks of corn to govern the four corners of the earth and granted the ability to see all things. Other divinities became jealous ofthem and clouded their site, making them human. They were : B'alam Agab (Night Jaguar), B'alam Quitze (Smiling Jaguar), Iqi B'alam (Dark Jaguar), and Mahucatah (Not Right Now).

The Becabs Four creator gods who represent the successful attempt to construct the world as we know it. Lords of the Winds, each is seated at a corner of the world holding up the sky. Associated with a number of four-part divisions and symbolic orderings. They are Cauac, Ik, Kan, and Mulac. Also associated with these: Acat, Akna, Backlum Chaam, Chin.

Bitol A creator God who attempted to form sentient creatures at the beginning of days. His associates in this were Alom, Qaholom, and Tzacol. In the third creation, He was transformed into Ixmacane.

Camalotz Demon servitor of Alom whose name means "Sudden-Bloodletter". In the destruction of the Second Creation he beheaded most of the Tsabol-People who inhabited that world.

Camazotz Demon Bat-God of the Mayan hell, Xibalba who feeds on blood. He clawed the head off of Hun Hunahpu, but was ultimately defeated and cast out of creation.

Caprakan Demon spirit of earthquakes, Child of Gucup Cakix and brother of Zipacna. He was defeated by Hunahpu and Ixbalanque.

Cauac One of the principal Becabs, Upholder of the South, the beginning of the year, and the first quarter of the 260-day religious calendar cycle.

Chac An important weather and agricultural God, Lord of the Rains, wells, springs, and other water sources. He also has orecular functions that were executed by a special temple functionary. He is Lord of the Chacs, extensions of His power. Member of a Triad, alongside Ah-Kluic and Hobnil.

The Chacs Four lesser weather spirits, located at the four corners of the world.

Ch'en Goddess of the Moon, the first female entity to experience intercourse.

Chin Death God associated with the Becabs.

Chirakan-Ixmucane Creator Goddess, formed out of four earlier creators. She is among the Thirteen divinities who attempted a new creation.

Cit-Bolon-Tum A healer God.

Cotzbalam "Crunching Jaguar", Demon servitor of Alom. He aided in the destruction of the Second Creation, by devouring the bodies of the Tsabol-People who inhabited that world.

E An agricultural God of corn and corn products.

Ekchuah Earler known as "M". An agricultural God of cacao and cacao products, also god of travelers and journeys.

F A God of war, with associations in human sacrifice.

Gucumatz The Quiche version of Kukulcan and one of thirteen creator divinities who shaped the world. An agricultural God, associated with wind and rin, he is a shapeshifter, and master of many realms, a feathered serpant.

Gucup Cakix An evil giant, who pretended to be both the sun and the moon, but was thrown down and defeated by Hunahpu and Ixbalanque. He corresponds to the Pleiades nd his name means "Seven Macaw". Father of Caprakan and Zipacna.

Hacha'kyum A God who created the stars by scattering sand into the sky.

Hapikern An evil adversary-God, the world-girdling serpent who is perpetually at war with Nohochacyum, and is fated to be slain by him God at the end of days.

Hobnil An agricultural God associated with harvests, a member of a Triad, alongside Ahluic and Chac.

Hun-Cane A cthonic demon lord of the Mayan hell, Xibalba.

Hunab-Ku The supreme God, invisible, emmanent, and formless, husband of Ixazalvoh and the father of Itzamnaj. Often referred to as "Eyes and Ears of the Sun".

Hunahpu & Ixbalanque Demi-god hero twins, born from the saliva of the dead Hun Hunahpu. Hunahpu is, among other things, God of evening, when he restores the stars Zipacna has swept away from the sky.

Hunahpu-Guch The final name of Alom in the third (current) creation.

Hun Hunahpu & Vukubahpu Demi-god hero twins, ensnared in Xibalba, the Mayan underworld hell where they were tricked into playing a ball game and, losing, forfeited their lives. Camazotz hung Hun Hunahpu's head on a Calabash tree, which grew heavy with miraculous fruit. A young woman, Xquiq, approached it and was enduced by the head to take saliva from it, then gave birth to Hunahpu and Ixbalanque.

Hun-Nal-Ye Sea God of sharks.

Huracan A creator God, Storm God, a Lord of the whirlwind who brought humans the gift of fire. He associated with Gucumatz and Tepeu in the second and third creations, building sentient creatiures from wood, and then from corn.

I An early Goddess of water, the sea, springs and wells whose name is likely to be something like "Ixik".

Ik' One of the principal Becabs, Ik' the Upholder of the West. He represents the last quarter of the 260-day religious calendar cycle.

Itzamnaj A creator and healer God who can bring the dead back to life. Also a fertility God, and among His gifts to mankind are corn and rubber, the arts of drawing, carving, and writing; God of scribes and priests. The son of Hunab-Ku and consort of Ix-Chel.

Itzam-Ye The Serpent Bird, or Celestial Bird The Way of Itzamnaj, and an important divinity in its own right. Seated at the top of the World Tree, it sees all of creation. A master of magic and sorcery, its image when placed upon human structures marks them as places where vital spells to organize and protect the World were cast.

Ixazalvoh Consort of Hunab-Ku, inventor and Goddess of weaving, of female sexuality, and of childbirth, healing and oracles.

Ixchel Consort of Itzamnaj, healer Goddess, keeper of medicines, goddess of childbirth and the weaving arts.

Ixcuiname Goddess of the four ages of womankind, Her name means "Four Sisters", or "Four Faces".

Ixmacane The final form of the creator God originally called Bitol.

Ixpiyacoc A late form of Tzacol, a creator God who, in the third creation, was split into two separate entities, Ixpiyacoc being one of them.

Ixtab Goddess of those who die by hanging.

Ix-Tub-Tun A serpent deity who spits precious stones, and is associated with rain.

Kan One of the principal Becabs, Kan is Upholder of the East. He represents the second quarter of the 260-day religious calendar cycle.

K'awiil God of royal lineage, kingship, and nobility.

Kianto A minor God of unwelcome influences; primarily foreigners and disease.

Kichigonai In Quiche tradition, the creator of Day, and a God of light.

Kinich Ajaw Sun God, ruler of the Numbers 4 and 14, the Face of the Sun. Healer and God of medicine. Sometime consort of Ixazalvoh.

Kisin An earthquake God, brother of Nohochacyum and the Yantho Triad.

Kukulcan He is the Yucatec Mayan version of a divinity found all over Central America; originally a Toltec God, he is a creator, associated with several of the creation works current in Mayan cosmology best known today by His Nahuatl name, Quetzalcoatl. He has many forms and functions; His most typical form is that of the Feathered Serpent.

In the current creation, He invented the calendar and instituted laws governing human conduct. His tale varies from culture to culture, but in essence, he is said to have journeyed to a land of the dead to steal bones and revivify them to create the current race of men.

He then ruled over mankind as a just King, He fell under evil spells and broke taboos, leading him to leave the world. He journeyed across the eastern waters, vowing to return again some day.

L A God of darkness, of evening or night.

Manik God of sacrifice, and purificatory suffering.

Mulac One of the principal Becabs, Mulac is Upholder of the North. He represents the third quarter of the 260-day religious calendar cycle.

Nacon A war God.

Nohochacyum A creator-destroyer deity, brother of the Yantho triad and Kisin. The eternal opponent of the evil world-serpent Hapikern, He will succeed at the end of days in wrapping Hapikern around himself and smothering it, snuffing out earthly life in the process.

Pawahtuun Patron of the Numbers 5 and 15 and scribes. A calendar God associated with the end of the year. He stands at the four corners of the sky, upholding both it and the world.

Qaholom A creator God who attempted to form sentient creatures at the beginning of days. His associates in this were Alom, Bitol, and Tzacol.

Tepeu A creator God associated with Gucumatz and Huracan in several creations, building sentient creatiures from wood, and then from corn.

Tzacol A creator God. During the third creation, He became two separate deities, Himself and Ixpiyacoc. They then joined with Ajbit and Ajtzak to fulfill that creation.

Uc-Zip Cthonic herald of the Vision Serpent in Xibalba.

Voltan God of the earth.

Vukub-Cakix A giant with strong solar and lunar associations. Said to have emerald teeth, he was fought and ultimately defeated by Hun Hunahpu and Vukubahpu.

Vukubcane In Quiche tradition, a demonic lord in Xibalba, the Maya hell.

The Ways Any of a class of protector spirits (or, perhaps, emanations of Spirit-Doubles from the soul). Each person has a Way who looks after that individual spiritually. Sometimes a Way manifests as a material entity, usually appearing as a small animal of some kind. Normally, they communicate through dreams, a realm (Wayib, the Dreaming Place) that both can visit. Gods themselves seem to have individual Ways associated with them.

The World Tree Mayan cosmology sees the world as an immense house, the four walls of which are the Becabs, and the center post is the World Tree. Its base emerges from the cracked shell of the Cosmic Turtle, and its form can be seen as the Milky Way when in a north-south orientation.

Itzam-Ye perches high at its crown, surveying all below. In the material world, the Ajaws, the rulers of the cities, were regarded as the earthly incarnations of the World Tree. Mayan homes were constructed with 4 corners and a central pillar.

The Witzob "Mountain" in most early Mayan dialects. Mayans regarded mountains as living creatures, material manifestations of spiritual power. The temples the Mayans constructed are artificial Witzob, and much Mayan ritual can be seen as works designed to imbue and sustain these structures with vital strength and magical awareness.

Xamaniqinqu God of the North, a brother of Nohochacyum, Yantho, Usukun, and Uyitzin.

Xecotcovach Demon-bird servitor of Alom, whose name means "Face-Gouger". He aided in the destruction of the Second Creation, by tearing out the eyes of the Tsabol-People who inhabited that world.

Xquiq The woman who became a goddess of fertility and motherhood by accepting spittle from the severed head of Hun Hunahpu, becoming the mother of Hunahpu and Ixbalanque.

Xumucane A creator God, maker of the broth which instilled life in the corn models constructed for the third creation.

Yantho, Usukun, & Uyitzin A triad of fraternal deities, associated in several ways with another brother, Nohochacyum. The names mean "Good", "Bad", and "Indifferent".

Yum Caax Agricultural God of maize and cacao.

Yum Camil A demon ruler in Xibalba, the Maya hell.

The Yumbalamob Protector spirits.

Yumchakob A rain God.

Zipacna God of the dawn. Every morning, He attempts to destroy the stars, and succeeds in sweeping away several hundred.