Maize Mountain

10 09, 2017

Mayan Corn God – Central American religion

By |2018-04-11T09:22:20-07:00September 10th, 2017|Central America, Religion|Comments Off on Mayan Corn God – Central American religion

Maya pyramid to the Corn God at Tonina (ca. 700 AD) Because corn (maize) was Mayan people's main food, their most important god was the Corn God. A popular Mayan story was [...]

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9 09, 2017

Maize Mountain – A Mayan story about corn

By |2019-11-23T08:16:34-08:00September 9th, 2017|Central America, Literature|Comments Off on Maize Mountain – A Mayan story about corn

A bolt of lightning in the sky, like the one that split open Maize Mountain Where did this story come from? Maya people liked to tell a story about how people [...]

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