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* MayanDoomsday: The TropeNamer. However as you may have noticed, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome none of this stuff ever happened]]. Popular culture had a lot of fun with the supposed doomsday and that's what we're here to record.[[note]]Fun fact for posterity, by the way: This trope page was launched on December 22, 2012.[[/note]] Since December 21st 2012 has come and gone, it's safe to say that this is now a DiscreditedTrope.
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* MayanDoomsday: The TropeNamer. However as you may have noticed, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome [[AvertedTrope none of this stuff ever happened]]. Popular culture had a lot of fun with the supposed doomsday and that's what we're here to record.[[note]]Fun fact for posterity, by the way: This trope page was launched on December 22, 2012.[[/note]] Since December 21st 2012 has come and gone, it's safe to say that this is now a DiscreditedTrope.
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The Mayans (also known as the "Maya people") are one of the three great American civillizations that flourished in Pre-Columbian America, alongside the Incas and Aztecs. However like the other two, their culture and mythology are often plagued by negative depictions in popular culture to the point they are often confused with each other and have spawned the {{Mayincatec}} trope. While there are some simularities and overlaps between these people in RealLife, they are different enough from one another to warrant an entry. Here the reader can find out more about the Mayans, while making sure to also check out the [[Myth/AztecMythology Aztec]] and [[Myth/IncaMythology Inca]] mythology.
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The Mayans (also known as the "Maya people") are one of the three great American civillizations [[UsefulNotes/PreColumbianCivilizations civillizations]] that flourished in the Pre-Columbian America, [[UsefulNotes/TheAmericas Americas]], alongside the Incas and Aztecs. However like the other two, their culture and mythology are often plagued by negative depictions in popular culture to the point they are often confused with each other and have spawned the {{Mayincatec}} trope. While there are some simularities and overlaps between these people in RealLife, they are different enough from one another to warrant an entry. Here the reader can find out more about the Mayans, while making sure to also check out the [[Myth/AztecMythology Aztec]] Myth/AztecMythology and [[Myth/IncaMythology Inca]] mythology.
Myth/IncaMythology mythology pages.
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* GodOfTheMoon: Depending on the story, region and time period the moon is usually either conceptualised as male (one of the herot wins in ''Literature/PopolVuh'') or as female. In the later case the popular goddess Ix Chel became conflated with the moon, much like Artemis started off unrelated to the moon but became conflated with Selene later on.
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* GodOfTheMoon: Depending on the story, region and time period the moon is usually either conceptualised as male (one of the herot wins hero twins in ''Literature/PopolVuh'') or as female. In the later case the popular goddess Ix Chel became conflated with the moon, much like Artemis started off unrelated to the moon but became conflated with Selene later on.
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* GodOfLight:
** Kinich Ahau is the god of the sun.
** Tohil is the god of lightning and [[GodOfFire fire]], sometimes also presiding over the sun or even being a pet of the sun god.
** Chak Ek is the god of the morning star, Venus.
* GodOfTheMoon: Depending on the story, region and time period the moon is usually either conceptualised as male (one of the herot wins in ''Literature/PopolVuh'') or as female. In the later case the popular goddess Ix Chel became conflated with the moon, much like Artemis started off unrelated to the moon but became conflated with Selene later on.
** Kinich Ahau is the god of the sun.
** Tohil is the god of lightning and [[GodOfFire fire]], sometimes also presiding over the sun or even being a pet of the sun god.
** Chak Ek is the god of the morning star, Venus.
* GodOfTheMoon: Depending on the story, region and time period the moon is usually either conceptualised as male (one of the herot wins in ''Literature/PopolVuh'') or as female. In the later case the popular goddess Ix Chel became conflated with the moon, much like Artemis started off unrelated to the moon but became conflated with Selene later on.
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* LightIsNotGood:
** In the ''Popol Vuh'' the demonic macaw Vucub Caquix claims to be the sun and moon and light the world, before the Hero Twins (who would later become the sun and moon) end his tyranny.
** Kinich Ahau the sun god is mostly benevolent, but his marriage with the moon goddess Ix Chel was abusive, culminating with him scarring her face.
** Chak Ek is the god of the planet Venus and just about as luciferian as that other guy associated with the morning star, seething over his brother's brilliance and routinely murdering other gods, causing warfare, starvation and social unrest on earth.
** In the ''Popol Vuh'' the demonic macaw Vucub Caquix claims to be the sun and moon and light the world, before the Hero Twins (who would later become the sun and moon) end his tyranny.
** Kinich Ahau the sun god is mostly benevolent, but his marriage with the moon goddess Ix Chel was abusive, culminating with him scarring her face.
** Chak Ek is the god of the planet Venus and just about as luciferian as that other guy associated with the morning star, seething over his brother's brilliance and routinely murdering other gods, causing warfare, starvation and social unrest on earth.
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* MysticalJade: For the Mayan people, due to this stone being as green as the rivers and the vegetation, jade was associated with life and the Maize God and bits of it were put in the mouths of kings. Jade also was associated with the Sun and winds.
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* MayanDoomsday: The TropeNamer. However as you may have noticed, [[RealityEnsues none of this stuff ever happened]]. Popular culture had a lot of fun with the supposed doomsday and that's what we're here to record.[[note]]Fun fact for posterity, by the way: This trope page was launched on December 22, 2012.[[/note]] Since December 21st 2012 has come and gone, it's safe to say that this is now a DiscreditedTrope.
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* MayanDoomsday: The TropeNamer. However as you may have noticed, [[RealityEnsues [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome none of this stuff ever happened]]. Popular culture had a lot of fun with the supposed doomsday and that's what we're here to record.[[note]]Fun fact for posterity, by the way: This trope page was launched on December 22, 2012.[[/note]] Since December 21st 2012 has come and gone, it's safe to say that this is now a DiscreditedTrope.
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* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Screams of pain and suffering are the only things that will ward off Ah Puch.
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* FeatheredSerpent: Kukulkan is one of the two [[TropeNamer Trope Namers]] alongside Quetzalcoatl from Myth/AztecMythology.
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* GodInHumanForm: In the Literature/PopolVuh, the Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque, are said as the mortal incarnations of two gods, Hunahpu being the incarnation of the sun god Tohil, while Xbalanque was the incarnation of the moon goddess Awilix.
* GodInHumanForm: In the Literature/PopolVuh, the Maya Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque, are said as the mortal incarnations of two gods, Hunahpu being the incarnation of the sun god Tohil, while Xbalanque was the incarnation of the moon goddess Awilix.
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* TheHecateSisters: The goddess of fertility and healing, Ix Chel takes three forms (although she is most frequently seen in her Crone form). She is a young woman with a snake on her head, who practices medicine, a slightly older woman holding a rabbit (a symbol of fertility), who has taken time off from her career as a healer to focus on her family, and an old woman pouring out water, and going back to her career as a healer.
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* ImpossibleTask: In the ''Popol Vuh'', Hunahpu and Xbalanque are assigned several tasks of these during their descent to Xibalba (the Underworld). One of them was to keep a cigar lit a whole night without burning it out. They attached fireflies to the end of the cigar so they would appear lit.
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* {{Psychopomp}}: Ixtab is the protector goddess of people who commit suicide by hanging, and sees to it that they reach a pleasant afterlife.
* RedOniBlueOni: The earliest recorded version of this are the Mayan stories of Hunhapu (Blue) and Xbalanque (Red) in the ''Popol Vuh'' and in Mayan stelas (some dating back to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Hero_Twins at least 200 CE]] and potentially even dating back to Olmec iconography), making this trope ''at least'' OlderThanFeudalism.
** The trope in relation to Mayan Mythology gets a bit complicated as Hunahpu takes the initiative in the mortal world, but Xbalanque does in the land of the dead Xibalba; however, Xbalanque is more animalistic (in many depictions, being a jaguar HalfHumanHybrid), thus fitting more in the Red Oni role despite having turned into the Moon whilst his brother became the Sun.
* ToothyBird: Seven Macaw in the Quiche Maya creation myth of the Literature/PopolVuh has teeth made from precious stones.
* RedOniBlueOni: The earliest recorded version of this are the Mayan stories of Hunhapu (Blue) and Xbalanque (Red) in the ''Popol Vuh'' and in Mayan stelas (some dating back to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Hero_Twins at least 200 CE]] and potentially even dating back to Olmec iconography), making this trope ''at least'' OlderThanFeudalism.
** The trope in relation to Mayan Mythology gets a bit complicated as Hunahpu takes the initiative in the mortal world, but Xbalanque does in the land of the dead Xibalba; however, Xbalanque is more animalistic (in many depictions, being a jaguar HalfHumanHybrid), thus fitting more in the Red Oni role despite having turned into the Moon whilst his brother became the Sun.
* ToothyBird: Seven Macaw in the Quiche Maya creation myth of the Literature/PopolVuh has teeth made from precious stones.
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The Mayans (also known as the "Maya people") are one of the three great Mesoamerican civillizations that flourished in Pre-Columbian America, alongside the Incas and Aztecs. However like the other two, their culture and mythology are often plagued by negative depictions in popular culture to the point they are often confused with each other and have spawned the {{Mayincatec}} trope. While there are some simularities and overlaps between these people in RealLife, they are different enough from one another to warrant an entry. Here the reader can find out more about the Mayans, while making sure to also check out the [[Myth/AztecMythology Aztec]] and [[Myth/IncaMythology Inca]] mythology.
People who wish to find out more about the inaccurate stereotypes and portrayals in fiction, read the {{Mayincatec}} page. While those who want to learn the truth and historical facts, read the UsefulNotes/PreColumbianCivilizations page.
People who wish to find out more about the inaccurate stereotypes and portrayals in fiction, read the {{Mayincatec}} page. While those who want to learn the truth and historical facts, read the UsefulNotes/PreColumbianCivilizations page.
* CrystalSkull: All of the real crystal skulls that have been subjected to scientific examination, have been determined to have been constructed using twentieth-century tools and machinery, which would make this a DiscreditedTrope.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Interestingly, the Lords of Xibalbá are associated with darkness and play an antagonistic role, but they aren't as explicitly evil as Vucub-Caquix. This is because they represent death and illness, hence they are hateful but never killed, as opposed to the severe punishment of Vucub-Caquix and their offspring.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Interestingly, the Lords of Xibalbá are associated with darkness and play an antagonistic role, but they aren't as explicitly evil as Vucub-Caquix. This is because they represent death and illness, hence they are hateful but never killed, as opposed to the severe punishment of Vucub-Caquix and their offspring.
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* TopGod: While it's actually unknown who was the supreme Mayan god since the conquistadors destroyed most records of Mayan mythology, from what survives it's believed the spot was held by Itzamna for the Yucatecs and Gucumatz for the Ki'iche. Spanish sources also mention a more abstract God of Gods figure named Hunab Ku who was sometimes said to be Itzamna's father, but most scholars conclude the Maya did not actually believe in this deity and he was made up by the conquistadors to assist in transitioning the Maya to monotheism.
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* TopGod: While it's actually unknown who was the supreme Mayan god since the conquistadors destroyed most records of Mayan mythology, from what survives it's believed the spot was held by Itzamna for the Yucatecs and Gucumatz for the Ki'iche. Spanish sources also mention a more abstract God of Gods figure named Hunab Ku who was sometimes said to be Itzamna's father, but most scholars conclude the Maya did not actually believe in this deity and he was made up by the conquistadors to assist in transitioning the Maya to monotheism. Which is sad, considering that the only surviving records we have are of Spanish origin.
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* BatOutOfHell: The Camazotz was a bat-god associated with night, death and sacrifice. The name literally translates as "death bat". In the Popol Vuh, Camazotz are the bat-like monsters encountered by the Mayan Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque during their trials in the underworld of Xibalba. The twins had to spend the night in the House of Bats where they squeeze themselves into their own blowguns in order to defend themselves. When Hunahpu stuck his head out of his blowgun to see if the sun had risen, Camazotz immediately snatched off his head and carried it to the ballcourt to be hung up as the ball to be used by the gods in their next ballgame.
* BeeAfraid: Averted with Ah Muzen Cab, the god of peaceful and stingless honeybees.
* DeadlyGame: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Ballgame Maya ballgame]], in a sense. While not fundamentally deadly in itself, there's evidence that the game had a lot to do with the selection of human sacrifices in some civilizations. Historians are still debating on who gets killed, the winning team or the losing team.
* EverybodyHatesHades: Played dead straight with Ah Puch who has always been a malevolent evil god of the Underworld that Mayans avoided and hated for good reasons since times old.
* FeatheredSerpent: Kukulkan is one of the two [[TropeNamer Trope Namers]] alongside Quetzalcoatl from Myth/AztecMythology.
* HappyRain: Chaac is the god of the life-giving and life-sustaining aspects of rain, rather than the melancholy.
* HumanSacrifice: Played straight, though not to the extreme degree as the Aztecs.
* {{Lunacy}}: Several moon deities such as the goddesses Ixchel and Awilix.
* TheMaker: Itzamna, who is speculated though not confirmed to also be the TopGod.
* MayanDoomsday: The TropeNamer. However as you may have noticed, [[RealityEnsues none of this stuff ever happened]]. Popular culture had a lot of fun with the supposed doomsday and that's what we're here to record.[[note]]Fun fact for posterity, by the way: This trope page was launched on December 22, 2012.[[/note]] Since December 21st 2012 has come and gone, it's safe to say that this is now a DiscreditedTrope.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Averted.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Also several solar deities such as the gods Itzamna and Kinich Ahau.
* TopGod: While it's actually unknown who was the supreme Mayan god since the conquistadors destroyed most records of Mayan mythology, from what survives it's believed the spot was held by Itzamna for the Yucatecs and Gucumatz for the Ki'iche. Spanish sources also mention a more abstract God of Gods figure named Hunab Ku who was sometimes said to be Itzamna's father, but most scholars conclude the Maya did not actually believe in this deity and he was made up by the conquistadors to assist in transitioning the Maya to monotheism.
* TheUnderworld: Metnal (which translated means "place of fear") and Xibalba.
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* BatOutOfHell: The Camazotz was a bat-god associated with night, death and sacrifice. The name literally translates as "death bat". In the Popol Vuh, Camazotz are the bat-like monsters encountered by the Mayan Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque during their trials in the underworld of Xibalba. The twins had to spend the night in the House of Bats where they squeeze themselves into their own blowguns in order to defend themselves. When Hunahpu stuck his head out of his blowgun to see if the sun had risen, Camazotz immediately snatched off his head and carried it to the ballcourt to be hung up as the ball to be used by the gods in their next ballgame.
* BeeAfraid: Averted with Ah Muzen Cab, the god of peaceful and stingless honeybees.
* DeadlyGame: The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Ballgame Maya ballgame]], in a sense. While not fundamentally deadly in itself, there's evidence that the game had a lot to do with the selection of human sacrifices in some civilizations. Historians are still debating on who gets killed, the winning team or the losing team.
* EverybodyHatesHades: Played dead straight with Ah Puch who has always been a malevolent evil god of the Underworld that Mayans avoided and hated for good reasons since times old.
* FeatheredSerpent: Kukulkan is one of the two [[TropeNamer Trope Namers]] alongside Quetzalcoatl from Myth/AztecMythology.
* HappyRain: Chaac is the god of the life-giving and life-sustaining aspects of rain, rather than the melancholy.
* HumanSacrifice: Played straight, though not to the extreme degree as the Aztecs.
* {{Lunacy}}: Several moon deities such as the goddesses Ixchel and Awilix.
* TheMaker: Itzamna, who is speculated though not confirmed to also be the TopGod.
* MayanDoomsday: The TropeNamer. However as you may have noticed, [[RealityEnsues none of this stuff ever happened]]. Popular culture had a lot of fun with the supposed doomsday and that's what we're here to record.[[note]]Fun fact for posterity, by the way: This trope page was launched on December 22, 2012.[[/note]] Since December 21st 2012 has come and gone, it's safe to say that this is now a DiscreditedTrope.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Averted.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Also several solar deities such as the gods Itzamna and Kinich Ahau.
* TopGod: While it's actually unknown who was the supreme Mayan god since the conquistadors destroyed most records of Mayan mythology, from what survives it's believed the spot was held by Itzamna for the Yucatecs and Gucumatz for the Ki'iche. Spanish sources also mention a more abstract God of Gods figure named Hunab Ku who was sometimes said to be Itzamna's father, but most scholars conclude the Maya did not actually believe in this deity and he was made up by the conquistadors to assist in transitioning the Maya to monotheism.
* TheUnderworld: Metnal (which translated means "place of fear") and Xibalba.
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