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Kukulcan is the god of wind. At one point also the god of rain |
The Mayans believed in a set of gods and goddesses. The Mayans believed the forces of nature were controled by a certain god or goddess. Wind is controled by the god, Kukulcan. The sun is controled by the god, Kinich Ahau or as Mayans believed, Quetzalcoatl Mayans believed the universe (cosmos) is flat, square , and never ends in size. Mayans believed the universe was broken into three parts.The underworld, the sky and the earth. The Mayans believed the night sky revealed all supernatural doings.
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Yumil Kaxob is the god of maize (corn) |
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Kinich Ahau is the god of the sun
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Quetzalcoatl (on the right of the picture) is another god of the sun in the Actez religion taken by the Mayans. |
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