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Folkloric ballet of El Salvador. The folklore of El Salvador shares common traits with the rest of the Mesoamerican region. In El Salvador, the presence of the ancestral civilizations of the Mayans, Toltecs, Nahuas, among others, left their presence in many aspects of daily life in the region.
Lenca mythology is the set of religious and mythological beliefs of the Lenca people from Honduras and El Salvador, before and after the conquest of America. [1] Little of these beliefs have been documented, due to colonization and the adoption of the Catholic faith after the 16th century.
Pages in category "Salvadoran mythology" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Cadejo; Cipitio; 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.
Chasca, also known as "la virgen del agua" (The virgin of the water), is the name of a fictional character in Salvadoran folklore.. According to oral tradition, in the barra de Santiago lived a man named Pachacutec, who arranged a marriage between his daughter, Chasca, and a prince of the zutuhil tribe.
Annotated image of Xipe Totec sculpture. In Aztec mythology, Xipe Totec (/ ˈ ʃ iː p ə ˈ t oʊ t ɛ k /; Classical Nahuatl: Xīpe Totēc [ˈʃiːpe ˈtoteːk(ʷ)]) or Xipetotec [3] ("Our Lord the Flayed One") [4] was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths, liberation, deadly warfare, the seasons, [5] and the earth. [6]
This is an index of lists of deities of the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world.. List of deities by classification; Lists of deities by cultural sphere
The masculine spirit of fertility in Taíno mythology along with his mother Atabey who was his feminine counterpart Guabancex: The top Storm Goddess; the Lady of the Winds who also deals out earthquakes and other such disasters of nature. Juracán: The zemi or deity of chaos and disorder believed to control the weather, particularly hurricanes ...