- Itzamná was the most important god (the creator god, god of health and fire)
- Kukulcán was another important god (Feathered Serpent) appears on many temples and was adopted by Aztecs and Toltecs
- Chac was also an important god (rain and lightening) hooked-nose
- Bolon Tzacab last improtant god who appears quite often in Mayan art and is thought to have came from royal descent
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- their religion was only practiced by a few other tribes near by
- they had temples where they went to worship and sacrifice
- praticed by priest or peasants
- strongly believed in the conection between humans and supernatural
- earily Mayans believed in human sacrifice
- the sacrifice was one priest holding the person down and another one would cute the heart out of the person
- blood from the sacrifice was offered to the gods in a bowl
- key aspects were agriculture and harvest
- "The Mayan religious calendar tzolkin comprised of only 260 days and two cycles each comprises of weeks spanning 30 days and 20 days. Another calendar called tun comprised of 360 days and five added unlucky days. There was another calendar that developed from it called katun- comprising of 20 tuns."
- thought that an advance in agriculture was a good sign from the gods and paid attention to rain and such as
- dance and prayed in honor of the gods
- also believed in animal sacrifice
- "The head of this hierarchy was called 'Ah Kin Mai', who was the chief of all the priests in the region. "
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