Maya god of death Ah Puch



Maya god of death Ah Puch

One of them was an evil god of death, Ah Puch (“to spoil, to melt or dissolve”), whose domain was the ninth and at the same time lowest part of the Maya underworlds. The Quiche (K'iche) Maya believed that he ruled over Metnal (Xibalba - "place of fear"), while in the mythology of the Yucatec Maya mostly from Mexico, Belize and Guatemala, he was one of several Lords of Xibalba.

Ah Puch had an awful appearance of a skeleton-like creature. He brought death and serious

In the Mayan supernatural world, we meet many gods with very specific attributes and special functions assigned to the gods.

Then Maya gods had human characteristics and had or represented animal forms. Most of the Mayan gods embodied the celestial bodies or powerful forces of nature such as rain, lightning, wind or thunder.

Maya admired them, had to show them obedience and make sacrifices, often from their own blood. Certain gods were feared by Maya, especially those associated with death, because these people were much more afraid of death than other cultures of Mesoamerica.

One of them was an evil god of death, Ah Puch (“to spoil, to melt or dissolve”), whose domain was the ninth and at the same time lowest part of the Maya underworlds. The Quiche (K'iche) Maya believed that he ruled over Metnal (Xibalba - "place of fear"), while in the mythology of the Yucatec Maya mostly from Mexico, Belize and Guatemala, he was one of several Lords of Xibalba.

Ah Puch had an awful appearance of a skeleton-like creature. He brought death and serious illness and was always malicious, hunting the houses of vulnerable people.

A group of Ah Puch priests was involved in an AXIOM case. It is beleived that Ah Puch is synonymous with the Necro King. There is evidence that the Necro Cult infiltrated South and Middle American societies after it was defeated in the Egyptian culture. It gained strong support all the way up to the Spanish Invasion