Ah Puch: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
SoxBot III (talk | contribs) m Reverting possible test edit(s) by 90.215.9.24 to older version. Was this a mistake? (BOT EDIT) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Image:AhPuch.jpg|right|frame|Ah Puch depicted in the [[Dresden Codex]]]] |
|||
In [[Maya mythology]], '''Ah Puch''' (Alternatively '''Ahpuch''' or '''Hun ahau''' where the first /a/ is sometimes omitted if the words are pronounced continuously) was the [[Death deity|God of death]] and King of [[Metnal]], the [[underworld]]. He was depicted as a skeleton or corpse adorned with bells, sometimes the head of an [[owl]]; even today, some [[Mexican]]s and [[Central American]]s believe that an owl's screeches signify imminent death, as the following saying, in local Spanish, indicates: |
In [[Maya mythology]], '''Ah Puch''' (Alternatively '''Ahpuch''' or '''Hun ahau''' where the first /a/ is sometimes omitted if the words are pronounced continuously) was the [[Death deity|God of death]] and King of [[Metnal]], the [[underworld]]. He was depicted as a skeleton or corpse adorned with bells, sometimes the head of an [[owl]]; even today, some [[Mexican]]s and [[Central American]]s believe that an owl's screeches signify imminent death, as the following saying, in local Spanish, indicates: |
||
| Line 13: | Line 13: | ||
[[Category:Guatemalan folklore]] |
[[Category:Guatemalan folklore]] |
||
{{mesoamerica-myth-stub}} |
{{mesoamerica-myth-stub}} |
||
[[es:Ah Puch]] |
[[es:Ah Puch]] |
||
Revision as of 19:28, 28 April 2009
In Maya mythology, Ah Puch (Alternatively Ahpuch or Hun ahau where the first /a/ is sometimes omitted if the words are pronounced continuously) was the God of death and King of Metnal, the underworld. He was depicted as a skeleton or corpse adorned with bells, sometimes the head of an owl; even today, some Mexicans and Central Americans believe that an owl's screeches signify imminent death, as the following saying, in local Spanish, indicates:
- Cuando el tecolote canta... el indio muere (When the great owl sings, the Indian dies)
See also
 | This article relating to a myth or legend from Mesoamerica is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |