wayob
nature_spirit Maya single tradition · 1
Wayob are were-animals and spooks that figure in processions with God A. There also seems to be a connection with certain wayob shaped like deer but with the tail of a spider monkey. On the famous peccary skull from Copan, for example, such a deer way appears to be welcoming the death god returning from a hunt.
Relationships
- allied with
- God A
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“With varying hieroglyphic names and attributes, God A figures in processions and random arrays of were-animals and spooks (wayob). In connection with these apparitions, he tends to be depicted either as a headhunter or as deer hunter (see figure).”
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