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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.
Tlaloc (Aztec mythology), water god and minor death god; ruler of Tlalocan, a separate underworld for those who died from drowning; Xipe Totec (Aztec mythology), hero god, death god; inventor of warfare and master of plagues; Xolotl (Aztec mythology), god of sunset, fire, lightning, and death
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.
He also appeared towards the end of the short film "God of Death", the second segment in the 2023 horror anthology film V/H/S/85. In the segment, a Mexican news station faces an earthquake, and while evacuating survivors from the wreckage, find an underground temple to Mictlantecuhtli, who rises and possesses or kills most of the main ...
Ah Pook Is Here was a collaboration between author William S. Burroughs and artist Malcolm Mc Neill. It began in 1970, when Burroughs was living in London and Mc Neill was in his final year of art school. It first appeared under the title The Unspeakable Mr. Hart as a comic strip in the English Cyclops. When that magazine ceased publication ...
Ah Puch is a malevolent deity. His figure is often associated with the god of war and human sacrifice, and his constant companions are the dog, the moan bird and owl, regarded as ominous creatures and death. Sometimes it is called the Lord of the ninth hell or the destroyer of worlds .
Erlik, Erlig, Erlik Khan (Old Turkic: 𐰀𐰼𐰠𐰃𐰚; Turkish: Erlik Han) is the god of death and the underworld, sometimes referred to as Tamag (hell) in Turkic mythology. Er (or yer ) means Earth , in the depths of which Erlik lives in. [ 1 ] From the underworld, Erlik brings forth death, plague and evil spirits to torment humans and ...
A depiction of Yanluo one of the Ten Kings of Hell. Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.Statue of Yama (Enma) at Nariai-ji. In Chinese culture and religion, King Yan (simplified Chinese: 阎王; traditional Chinese: 閻王; pinyin: Yánwáng) is the god of death and the ruler of Diyu, overseeing the "Ten Kings of Hell" in its capital of Youdu.