Explore Mythology of the Mayas

The Maya believed the Earth was flat with four corners. Each corner represented a cardinal ...
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Xib Chac was the Mayan rain god. He was a benevolent god, and was represented by many colors. ...
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Ix Chel, the "Lady Rainbow," was the old Moon goddess in Mayan mythology. The Maya people lived ...
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The ancient Mayans used the doorways and windows of their buildings as astronomical sightings, ...
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Mayans were sophisticated observers of the sky. Mayans used their astronomical knowledge to ...
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Mayans seem to have thought of the Milky Way as the mystic road along which souls walk into ...
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Research Highlights
Earthquakes occur regularly in Sumatra, Indonesia because it is located near the boundary of two of Earth's tectonic plates. These earthquakes occur at 'subduction zones,' which are areas where one tectonic...
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