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Pages in category "Central American mythology" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cadejo; H.
Lencan mythology – a Central American people of southwest Honduras and eastern El Salvador in Central America. Maya mythology – an ancient Central American people of southern Mexico and northern Central America. Olmec religion – an ancient Central American people of south-central Mexico, in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco ...
The cadejo (Spanish pronunciation:) is a supernatural spirit that appears as a dog-shaped creature with blue eyes when it is calm and red eyes when it is attacking. It roams around isolated roads at night, [1] according to Central American folklore of indigenous origin.
In this country, La Cegua is a myth that is most common in rural areas, although the figure's actions are generally the same as in the rest of Mexico and Central America (especially her habit of bathing at night). La Cegua particularly sometimes appears among herds of horses, mounted on one of these, which causes panic.
God who assisted in creation myth. Catequil: God of thunder and lightning. Cavillace: Virginity goddess. Ate a fruit, which was actually the sperm of Coniraya, the moon god. And gave birth to a son. Cavillace's son: Son of Cavillace and Coniraya. When he was born, Cavillace demanded that the father step forward.
In this latter book, Indian Art of Mexico & Central America, Covarrubias included a family tree showing the "jaguar mask" as ancestral to all (later) Mesoamerican rain gods. [ 6 ] At about this time, in 1955, Matthew Stirling set forward what has since become known as the Stirling Hypothesis, proposing that the werejaguar was the outcome of a ...
Nicholson, Irene (1967), Mexican and Central American Mythology. London: Paul Hamlyn. Nielsen, Jesper, and Christophe Helmke (2015), The Fall of the Great Celestial Bird: A Master Myth in Early Classic Central Mexico. Ancient America No. 13, Boundary End Center and the Mesoamerican Center, University of Texas at Austin.
Adlao: the Bicolano son of Dagat and Paros; joined Daga's rebellion and died; his body became the sun; [25] in another myth, he was alive and during a battle, he cut one of Bulan's arm and hit Bulan's eyes, where the arm was flattened and became the earth, while Bulan's tears became the rivers and seas [26]