Esikhathini sobuqaba, isizwe ngasinye nabantu babe bankulunkulu abaningi. I-pantheon yamaMaya nama-Aztec amaNdiya ahlanganisa onkulunkulu abangaphezu kweyodwa nengxenye, enye indlela ithonya impilo yabantu kanye nezwe jikelele.
Ukuphila Kwezenkolo AmaNdiya AmaMaya
Inkolo yadlala indima ebalulekile emphakathini wamaNdiya asendulo aseMaya. Babenemikhosi eminingi ehlukene eklanyelwe ukuhlakulela lokhu noma lo mulungu, futhi kaningi umqhele wenkolo wawuwumhlatshelo. Uma lesi sizwe sakhula, imihlatshelo yayikuphela kwezitshalo, izilwane, imihlobiso, uma lesi sizwe sathola lesi shwa, bobabili abantu kanye nezitha bahlatshwa. Isipho esinonya kunazo zonke kuNkulunkulu kwakuyizinhliziyo zokuthuthumela, eziqhekekile kumuntu ophilayo. Umzimba wesisulu waphonswa ezinyathelweni zepiramidi ngemuva kokubulawa komkhuba.
Izinhlobonhlobo zonkulunkulu bamaMaya
Phakathi konkulunkulu bamaMaya kwakungalungile futhi kubi. INkosi kaHezman yayibhekwa njengenkosi yezulu, umdali wezwe, imini nobusuku, umphathi wezesayensi nokubhala kwamaMaya. Wavezwa njengendoda endala ehlakaniphile noma inyoka ehamba ngezinyawo.
U-Ischamna wayebhekwa ngokuthi u-Ish-Chel, umsizi wezinyanga, ubuciko, abesifazane nabantwana. Wathandazelwa ukuzala nokuphila. Wakhombisa u-Ish-Chela Nenyanga noMoya wezinkanyezi ngezici ze-jaguar nezinyoka esikhundleni sezinwele.
Amandla aphakeme, ubuhle, ukuthanda, ukuhlakanipha kanye nobuchwepheshe obuyi-Kukulkan, oboniswe ngendlela
AmaMaya aphathwe ngokumelene nonkulunkulu wokufa, owabizwa ngokuthi u-Ah-Puig. Le nkosi ye-underworld yayivame ukuboniswa njenge-skeleton. Ngokuzibulala, amaMaya ayenomkulunkulukazi okhethekile, u-Ishkat.
Izakhi zamanzi nezimo ezihlukahlukene ezihambisana namanzi, zabusa u-Chuck. AmaMaya akhe ayemelelwe eminyameni emine: obomvu, omnyama, ophuzi nomhlophe. Leli godu laphinde labhekana nokukhululwa komhlaba ukulima, ngakho izimpawu zakhe kwakuyi-axhi kanye ne-isibani.
Unkulunkulu oyithandayo wabantu kwakunguYum-Kaash, inkolo yakhe ehlotshaniswa nezinguquko zonyaka emvelweni. Wachazwa njengoYum-Kaash ngesimo sensizwa enomkhuhlane wezinhlamvu esikhundleni senhloko yakhe.