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Chapter 600 The Four Protoss of Mayan Mythology

Humans do not have the habit of hibernating.

Before entering the farming era, winter was undoubtedly the greatest challenge for human survival.

Whether it is the severe cold in winter or the lack of food, a large number of human beings will die.

Therefore, in order to survive, human migration has always been from the cold north to the warm south.

It wasn't until the farming era was able to store food that humans began to actively migrate north.

In this mode of survival, most of the aborigines of the New World lived in the warm climate of Central America.

The Yucatan Peninsula in Central America was the main area where the Mayans lived.

On this peninsula with an area of ​​about 20 square kilometers, millions of Mayans lived.

Although the Mayans at this time were still in the tribal mode and village mode, among these large and small tribes and villages, there were also some ancient and powerful ones - large tribes and large villages with a population of tens of thousands.

The Uxmal tribe in the north, the Chicana tribe in the center, and the Palenque tribe in the south are the three most powerful tribes in the Yucatan Peninsula.

The Palenque tribe enshrines the feathered serpent god Eiakotel as the patron saint, the Chicana tribe enshrines the rain god Tlaloc as the patron saint, and the Uxmal tribe enshrines the water god Chalchutrique as the patron saint.

Tlaloc, the god of rain, and Chalchutriqui, the god of water, are both sisters and avatars of the Feathered Serpent God Irkotel.

When the tribes who worshiped the goddess of the earth came to the New World, they worshiped only one goddess at first.

As the number of Mayans increased and they were divided into more and more tribes, in order to meet the needs of different tribes, the Feathered Serpent God Iekotel also split himself.

In the Mayan mythology of another world, there are four intricate gods.

The corn gods are the oldest gods in the Mayan mythology. Headed by the corn god Yum Kax, the four gods of heaven, earth, water, and fire live in four directions, and there is also a hunting god who looks like a cheetah.

The worship of the corn gods reflects the ancient and primitive worship.

It also reflects how important corn was to the Mayans.

The reign of the corn gods corresponds to the First Sun period listed in Aztec mythology.

Among the four gods of heaven, earth, water, and fire, the gods of earth and water are obviously the feathered serpent god Iekotel, who has two forms of the goddess of the earth and the goddess of the sea.

The gods of sky and fire are obviously Tezcatlipoca, the god of the sun and the god of thunder in the First Sun Period.

Because Tezcatlipoca has the form of a jaguar, the god of the hunt who looks like a cheetah is obviously Tezcatlipoca.

The Kamenpus Protoss is the second Protoss that appeared after the Maize Protoss, headed by Kemu Kamenpus, and the wise god Skell and the angry god Lao are his right-hand men.

Compared with the corn protoss who advocated the nature of heaven and earth, the appearance of the Kamenpus protoss obviously increased the power and majesty of the gods.

Compared with the gods who symbolize the mighty power of nature, the Kamenpus protoss are more like deified ancestor gods.

The Beast Gods are the kings of the gods and enshrine all kinds of animals. Among them, the Eagle God rules the sky and becomes the king of the beast gods.

The bear god rules the land, while the fish god rules the rivers.

The beast gods are obviously animal worship.

It is worth mentioning that neither the Kamenpus gods worshiped by ancestors nor the beast gods worshiped by animals are the mainstream of Mayan mythology.

Therefore, the maize protoss dominated by the God of Thunder Tezcatlipoca and the Feathered Serpent God Iekotel were not replaced by the Kamenpus protoss and the beast protoss.

In the late Maya period, the corn gods were replaced by the Itsumna gods, but Yum Kax, the god of corn, was still revered by the Mayan people.

The Itsumna protoss appeared in the heyday of Mayan mythology, mainly including the god of creation, the god of heaven, and the god of corn, also known as the Mayan gods.

They respectively represent the awe of the ancient Mayans for the nine natural elements. The nine gods have good and evil, and they all have powerful power.

The god Itsumner is depicted in the manuscripts as a white-bearded old man with great wisdom.

Chuck, the god of rain, dominates rainwater. Since rainwater has an inseparable relationship with agriculture, Chuck is also known as the guardian of agriculture.

The cloud god Youmu Kax often cooperates with the rain god Chuck to bring people harvest.

Istab, God of War Because the ancient Maya regarded death as the road to heaven, Istab was also known as the leader of the way.

The god of death, A Puche, likes to appear with the god of war, who is responsible for taking people's lives, and the god of death, who is responsible for leading them to the world of death.

The sacrificial god Kocata is depicted as a cruel image of setting a house on fire with a torch in one hand, and smashing the enemy with a spear in the other hand.

Saman Eck, the god of the North Star, is also known as the business travel guide because the North Star does not change its position for life.

Queen Ischer is the wife of Itsumner. She has two faces, strong and soft, and is responsible for protecting women and newborns.

As the feathered serpent god who was almost dominant in the late Mayan mythology, the wind god Ekotel appeared as the wind god, and was seldom mentioned in various manuscripts.

Among the oldest maize gods, the Feathered Serpent God Iekotel occupies an important position.

In the myths fabricated by the Aztecs 3000 years later, the Feathered Serpent God Io Cotel and her sisters, the Rain God Tlaloc and the Water God Chalciutrici, were also regarded as the gods of the Second Sun Period King of Gods, King of the Gods of the Third Sun and King of the Gods of the Fourth Sun.

In the system of the Mayan Nine Gods, the Feathered Serpent God Iekotel did not occupy a major position, probably because the foreign invaders who worshiped male gods conquered the Mayans.

After all, the Mayans, who worshiped goddesses, had no reason to regard a male god as the creator god and the king of the gods.

In Aztec mythology, during the reigns of the Feathered Serpent God Iecotel, the Rain God Tlaloc, and the Water God Charcius Trique, they were all destroyed by the Thunder God Tezcatlipoca.

Perhaps the period of the Mayan Nine Gods ruled by Itsumner was the period when Tezcatlipoca ruled the Mayans in Aztec mythology.

It is precisely because the Olmecs who worshiped Tezcatlipoca created Chuck as a male god of rain that the Mayan rain god Tlaloc became a male god.

The creation myth of the Mayans can also prove that the Mayan myth is not just the myth of the Mayans who worshiped the goddess of the earth.

Because in Mayan mythology, there are four different creation myths.

The Mayans who worshiped the goddess of the earth naturally believed that the goddess of the earth made people out of clay.

Clay figurines are also the first generation of humans in Mayan mythology.

The second generation of humans in Mayan mythology is the wooden man.

The wooden man is obviously a creation myth derived from plant worship.

The third generation of humans in Mayan mythology is the Xinmu people.

The fourth generation of humans in Mayan mythology directly became corn people.

The myth of man made from corn reflects plant worship—the worship of the corn god in some ways superseding the feathered serpent.

But the dominance of the Feathered Serpent God Iekotel has not been shaken.

Because the Feathered Serpent God Ekotel is not only the goddess of the earth, but also the goddess of the sea, the goddess of water, the goddess of wind, the goddess of war, the goddess of death, and the goddess of life.

Among the Mayan Nine Gods, the God of War Istab, the Empress Ischer, and the Wind God Iekotel are all obviously the Feathered Serpent God Iekotel.

In order to weaken the authority of the Feathered Serpent God, the powerful godhead of the Feathered Serpent God can only be divided into three.

(End of this chapter)