Celestial Deities

* Kinich Ahau
* Venus
* Ix Chel

                                        Kinich Ahau 

Kinich Ahau is the Mayan sun god his name in translation means "sun faced lord ( Laughton 66). This god was represented in depictions as a tough looking man with a rather large single front tooth and barbels hun from the corners of his mouth. "The mayans believed that when the sun god started the day out at dawn he was young and vibrant but as the day grew long and dusk came he became old" ( Laughton 66). Kinich Ahau was important in the lives of the mayans because his light was a vital part of their life.  

                                             Venus 

"Venus to the Mayan's is not a female goddess of love but rather a baleful male god"( Laughton 60). When ever the Mayan's saw venus in the sky the would take it as a bad omen. Once upon seeing venus they would begin to prepare themselves for what ever was to come next. "Many Mayan's even thought that the rays from venus were harmful and would keep their windows and doors shut" ( Laughton 60). 

                                             Ix Chel 

"Ix Chel was the moon goddess to the Mayans, she represented fertility and procreation. The translation of Ix Chel means Rainbow lady" ( Maestri). It has been said that Ix Chel was wife to the sun god but it's never been proven. She is most often portrayed in two different forms. "One as a young beautiful bare breasted lady who wears a serpent headdress and the other as an old women with jaguar claws for hands with a serpent headdress" ( Laughton 69). "The belief amongst researchers for the two different depictions is for two moon cycles, a full moon and a crescent moon "( Maestri).