Mayan Religion Mexico


Mayan Religion	The Popol Vuh, written by the Quiché Maya of highland Guatemala during the sixteenth century, is most informative, as it tells the Quiché creation story and also tells about the adventures of the Hero Twin gods. . Four Maya books are informative on astronomy, religion, and ideology. As a literate civilization with a long tradition of naturalistic painting and carving, the Maya have left a wealth of information on their ancient religion and ideology. Ancient and historic texts detail myths, gods, and rituals. Ceremonies are reenacted pictorially on pottery vessels and on carved wood and stone. Mayan Indians have primarily been converted to Catholicism, resulting in a religion that combines many indigenous and Catholic beliefs. The adoption of Catholicism by the indigenous population also resulted in a rejection of Catholicism by the ruling elite in favor of a form of evangelical Protestantism (usually associated with a church in the United States, and viewed by many Catholics—who have become associated with social change—as just another form of United States colonialism). Ancient Mayan \| Mayan map \| Mayan cities \| Mayan Government \| culture \| king \| People \| Language \| Religion \| Gods \| Temples \| Pyramids \| Rituals \| Mayan Calendar \| Art \| Ball Game
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