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The Maya death gods (also Ah Puch, Ah Cimih, Ah Cizin, Hun Ahau, Kimi, or Yum Kimil) known by a variety of names, are two basic types of death gods who are respectively represented by the 16th-century Yucatec deities Hunhau and Uacmitun Ahau mentioned by Spanish Bishop Diego de Landa. Hunhau is the lord of the Underworld.
The 2021 animated mini-series Maya and the Three features Ah Puch as a supporting character, voiced by Rita Moreno. Ah Pook appears in the default Golarion setting of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game as a god of death and destruction. He is primarily known in the continent of Arcadia, analogous to the pre-Columbian Americas.
The mythology or religion of most cultures incorporate a god of death or, more frequently, a divine being closely associated with death, an afterlife, or an underworld. They are often amongst the most powerful and important entities in a given tradition, reflecting the fact that death, like birth , is central to the human experience.
Hondo: a teammate of Zane and Brooks who accompanied them to defeat Ah-Puch. Ah-Puch: the god of death, darkness and destruction. He is often referred to in the book as "The Stinking One" and "Ah-Puke." Jazz: a giant and associate of Brooks who helps them in their quests. Ixtab: the new ruler of Xib'alb'a.
Rita Moreno as Ah Puch [5] Alfred Molina as Lord Mictlan, the God of War [5] Allen Maldonado as Rico [5] Andy Santana as Young Rico; Stephanie Beatriz as Chimi [5] Kate del Castillo as Lady Micte, the Goddess of Death and Maya's biological mother [5] Danny Trejo as Cabrakan, the God of Earthquakes [5] Cheech Marin as Hura & Can, the Gods of ...
Ah Puch, the antithesis of Itzamna , is him two hieroglyphics of his name, and, thereafter, the only deity is distinguished in this way. The first represents the head of a corpse with eyes closed in death, the second head of the god himself, with the truncated nose, fleshless jaws and prefixed with a flint knife for sacrifice.
Mictlāntēcutli or Mictlantecuhtli (Nahuatl pronunciation: [mik.t͡ɬaːn.ˈteːkʷ.t͡ɬi], meaning "Lord of Mictlan"), in Aztec mythology, is a god of the dead and the king of Mictlan (Chicunauhmictlan), the lowest and northernmost section of the underworld.
By this point, the work had been renamed Ah Puch Is Here in reference to the Mayan Death God. Straight Arrow Books in San Francisco agreed to publish the proposed work in 1971 as a "Word/Image novel" which was to comprise 120 pages, some of integrated text and image, some of text alone and some which featured only pictures.