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As you may have guessed this is where i do most of my work, i spend hours in here reading, and writing, especially adding to my novel (I may even have it published one day.) I hope you can find something of interest here.
AZTECS
HUITZILOPOCHTLI: The Aztec's main god was HUITZILOPOCHTLI. It was he who told the Aztecs where to build their city.
He was the Sun god who they fed with human sacrifice. He was the god of war .... an important god!
Tezcatlipoca : the god of the Great Bear constellation and of the night sky. Tezcatlipoca's animal disguise, was the jaguar, the spotted skin of which was compared to the starry sky. (his name means Smoking Mirror). Sometimes drawings show Tezcatlipoca with his mirror on his chest. Legend says in it he saw everything, he knew all the deeds and thoughts of men. He was said to appear at crossroads at night to challenge warriors. He was the protector of slaves, he severely punished masters who ill-treated "Tezcatlipoca's beloved children." He rewarded goodness by giving riches and fame, and he punished wrongdoers by sending them sickness (e.g. leprosy) or by giving them poverty and slavery.
Quetzalcoatl. (from quetzalli, "precious feather," and coatl, "snake"), the Feathered Serpent, was one of the major gods of the Aztecs. Quetzalcoatl was the god of morning and the evening star. As the morning and evening star, Quetzalcoatl was the symbol of death and resurrection. The temple Quetzalcoatl at Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, was a round building, a shape that fitted Ehecatl. Circular temples were believed to please Ehecatl because they offered no sharp obstacles to the wind.
Tlaloc. Tlaloc was the Aztec rain god. His name means He Who Makes Things Sprout. Tlaloc was greatly feared. He could send out the rain or provoke drought and hunger. He hurled lightning upon the earth and unleashed the devastating hurricanes. It was believed that he could send down to the earth different kinds of rain which would help crops grow or destroy them. Certain illnesses, such as dropsy, leprosy, and rheumatism, were said to be casued by Tlaloc.
Chalchiuhtlicue. Before the Sun that now shines brightly over Mexico came into being, there had been other suns; four in all. Each sun died away in turn before our present Sun appeared. The fourth sun, Chalchuitlicu, had been a water goddess, copper-coloured and dressed in emerald green. For hundreds of years she provided light and warmth; and in that time the first men and women appeared on Earth. Tezcatlipoca upsets Chalchuitlicu and causes a flood. One night, the black God of Darkness, Tezcatlipoca, began to torment the gentle copper Sun while she was resting in the gloom. He said she'd grown too vain and selfish. In her hurt at these false words, Chalchuitlicu burst into tears. The tears put out her light and then the sky rained down upon the Earth in torrents. The land vanished into darkness beneath a mighty flood which drowned all human life: every man and woman turned into fish; all, that is, save one lone family which survived to start the human race again. The gods make dry land appear ... When the sky thus fell on Earth, the gods opened up four roads beneath the land, where they created four giants and some sturdy trees. And then, together -- the gods, the trees, the giants -- all tried to lift the Earth from under the vales of tears. They heaved and pushed until the land rose upwards and the waters fell away. At last they managed to fasten the land securely to the sky. Now there was only darkness ... But the Earth was still plunged into utter gloom; it had no dawn, no dusk, no sunlit days. The vales of tears were salty; there was thus no fresh water, for no Sun appeared to draw the tears back up to heaven and change them into rain
Xipe – Totec Then there was Xipe - Totec ... one of the 'farming' gods. He was quite a gentle god compared with some of the others.
MAYANS
Chac. God of the RainCHAC is a reptilian critter with fangs and a rather droopy snout. His hair is a permanently knotted tangle of confusion, which we find quite endearing. Very important for harvests and growing, CHAC sends rain into the world by weeping from his large benevolent eyes. He's very good like that, even teaching the secrets of farming at no extra cost.
Kinich Ahau. A Sun God KINICH-AHAU is also one of the PALENQUE-TRIAD Gods designated with Roman numerals, in this case iii.
Among other things, he's patron God of the number four. In this aspect he commands disease and has control over drought. So nice prayers and juicy sacrifices are probably a good idea.
Votan. God of Warfare and Death. And my goodness, he is old. He's so old that no-one quite remembers who he is. He was very very old with no teeth even when he was first worshipped, which was so long ago it may have been before time began.
We don't know how black he is either. His face may be painted black, or he might just have been cleaning the chimney or living in a cave for too long. But perhaps it's the fumes from the potent black cigars he smokes. If you like the good old days and haven't yet given up smoking, VOTAN could be the God for you.
Ixchel. She invented weaving and, being partly waterfall herself, takes charge of downpours. Her hair is very snaky - it's made from real snakes.
If humans upset her she can get very grumpy. If you see her wearing her crossbones skirt and writhing serpent hair do try not to be noticed. Then again she has a softer side as a Rainbow Goddess of Childbirth.
Ixtab. Moon Goddess of Suicide. She dangles from the Sky with her head in a noose. This seems terribly morbid. But she does gather up suicide souls and take them to heaven, so there is some happy ending.
Itzamna. He brought agriculture and farming to the masses, and invented books and writing.
Old and ragged with a bulbous red nose, he has a red-hot healing hand. Ideal for doctors needing quick cauterisation services.
ITZAMNA had a quick fling with IXCHEL, which resulted in the birth of the BACABS. In the daytime he is Sun God KINICH-AHAU. His feathery serpent mode KUKULCAN was identified with QUETZALCOATL by the Aztecs.
Cama-Zotz. God of Bats. Not as is Cricket bat, but as in winged bat. Naturalists and Godologists believe him to be a leaf-nosed vampire bat. He has his own House of Bats in the Underworld, and caused no end of trouble for the hero-twins
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