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It is also known as '''Hun ahau''' (where the first /a/ is sometimes omitted if the words are pronounced continuously). |
It is also known as '''Hun ahau''' (where the first /a/ is sometimes omitted if the words are pronounced continuously). |
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[[Mictlantecuhtli]] |
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[[Category:Death gods]] |
[[Category:Death gods]] |
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Revision as of 06:47, 22 January 2006
In Maya mythology, Ah Puch was the God of Death and King of Metnal, the underworld, which was the worst of all nine hells. 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)
It is also known as Hun ahau (where the first /a/ is sometimes omitted if the words are pronounced continuously).