Creator & Death Deities 

* Itzamna ( The God of All)
* Ah puch ( Death God) 

                                           Itzamna 

"Itzamna is known as the most powerful Mayan god of all. In many images Itzamna is seen as a lizard but there are a few of him as an elderly man with an elaborate head dress and hooked nose. The reason behind the lizard depictions could be that Itzmana translated means Lizard house. The elderly man depictions could be to show that the god was wise" ( Gods and goddesses). The great amount of images of Itzamna throughout Mayan history show how great his importance was to the Mayan people.

"Itzmana was known as the most powerful god due top the fact that he could take any form he wanted. The god could even take form of others gods and goddesses and in turn take over their duties. In light of this it has been said that many Mayan's rejected all other gods and worshipped only Itzmana. The wide spread belief in only Itzamna almost created a monotheism on the Mayan culture" ( Gods and Goddesses).  

                                            Ah Puch 

Ah puch is the Mayan death god, he is disease, destruction and war ( Myths Encyclopedia). Ah puch lives in Xibalba the Mayan's underworld. "When Ah puch took shape in life he often appeared as a decaying corps with an owls head mask" (Saunders). Ah puch ruled a small portion of the underworld since there were many  lords and underworlders known as Xibalbans. Two main lords of Xibalba were called one death and seven death.